Ernehale Infant School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 15 May 2024

Erhehale Infants is an ambitious school. The school's values of 'aim high, be our best, choose kindness' guide pupils successfully in their actions and thoughts. The school's STRIVE curriculum principles encourage pupils to work hard. They enable pupils to develop resilience, a thirst for knowledge and to be 'empowered to make a difference'. These are carefully thought out and woven throughout the whole curriculum. Pupils at this school are happy. They enjoy coming to school and attend regularly. All staff have high expectations for pupils to learn and behave well. Pupils live up to these expectations. There is a calm atmosphere in and around the school. Pupils want to learn. Pupils celebrate each other's successes. They are caring and thoughtful. There are many opportunities for pupils to hold positions of responsibility. Pupils take these responsibilities seriously. Well-being warriors look out for pupils who may not have anyone to play with. Kindness ambassadors seek out random acts of kindness. The school celebrates these acts in assemblies; they exemplify the school's values. Pupils talk maturely about being diversity champions. They encourage others to be considerate of difference. As one pupil stated: 'We have to celebrate difference, as this is important and makes our world great.'

What the school should improve

• Significant improvements have taken place with the curriculum recently, but the school has not yet fully evaluated the impact of this work in all subjects. This means that in a few instances, the curriculum is not having the desired impact. The school should fully evaluate each subject and make the necessary adjustments so that all pupils achieve as well as they can.

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