Crawley Green Infant School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 10 December 2024

Pupils enjoy attending school. They appreciate their learning and time playing with their friends. Pupils have strong relationships with staff. They know that staff are there to help them if they need it. Pupils who are anti-bullying ambassadors support other pupils if there are any unkind behaviours. Pupils engage well in their lessons. The school has high expectations for pupils' achievements. Pupils work enthusiastically in response to their teachers well-chosen learning activities and questioning. Most pupils achieve well. Pupils behave well, overall. They respond appropriately to the positive praise or the gentle reminders that staff give them. Staff take a more personalised approach to pupils who have more challenging behaviour so that they learn to behave sensibly. Pupils are accepting of everyone's differences. They develop a wider understanding of the world through visitors coming into school and trips. These have included African drumming workshops and trips to places of worship and to the pantomime. Pupils take pride in their leadership roles as they know they can make a difference. For example, the school councillors represented the school on a visit to Luton University. The 'Welcome Buddies' support pupils who are new to the school and country, helping them to settle in quickly.

What the school should improve

• In a few foundation subjects, the school does not have a clear enough overview of how effective the curriculum is. The school does not know if any amendments to the curriculum or any additional training are needed in these subjects so that they are taught as effectively as others. This means that pupils do not learn as well as they could in these subjects. The school should ensure that it checks that the curriculum is implemented as intended, so that it can make any adjustments to the curriculum that are needed to help pupils achieve as well as they could in all subjects.
• The school's policies to promote good behaviour are not implemented consistently. As a result, there are a small number of incidents of a few pupils disrupting learning, which has a negative impact on the learning of others. The school has further work to do to fully implement the behaviour policy to maximise the pupils' learning and ensure that all pupils are supported effectively to meet the school's high expectations of behaviour.

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