Enfield Heights Academy

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 6 December 2023

Pupils do well at this school. They are happy and typically feel part of a school family. The school is calm and purposeful. Pupils are safe and feel valued. The school's agreed values of respect, kindness, resilience and bravery underpin the work of the school. Pupils are well behaved. They are polite, friendly and respectful towards others. Incidents of bullying are rare. Pupils are confident of adult help with any problems that they may face. They know that their views are important to staff. Leaders and staff have high aspirations for all pupils. Pupils are given a range of opportunities to broaden their experiences. This includes building pupils' confidence and independence. The strong team spirit which exists within the school supports this well. Pupils make gains in their achievements and receive much support for their well-being. A sense of pride permeates the school's community, including parents and carers, who are full of praise for this school.

What the school should improve

• In the few subjects that have recently been refined, there has not been enough emphasis on ensuring that pupils revise their prior subject knowledge. This limits pupils from deepening their knowledge as they lack the essential foundational information and skills they need to draw upon. The school should ensure that teachers routinely enable pupils to remember key knowledge long term.
• Occasionally in the early years, children do not build on what they know and can do equally well across all areas of learning. This means children are not as fully prepared as they could be for future learning. The school should improve the early years provision further so that all children deepen their knowledge equally across all areas of learning to prepare them for future learning in Year 1.

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