Featherstone Purston Infant School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 2 February 2023

There is a strong sense of community at Featherstone Purston Infants School. Pupils, parents, carers and staff are proud to be part of this community and work in partnership together. Leaders and staff are caring and nurturing. These qualities spread throughout the school. Pupils feel safe and enjoy coming to school. They are keen to take part in their lessons and enjoy their learning. All staff maintain high expectations for pupils in lessons and around the school. Pupils get on well together and care about each other. Pupils take part in a range of extra-curricular visits and clubs and often participate in charity fundraising activities. Pupils know what bullying is. They say it does not happen at school but are sure that adults would act quickly if it did. Staff model healthy relationships and this supports pupils in being kind and in showing respect for one another. Parents have highly positive views of the school. One parent reflected the views of many in saying: 'I can't possibly give enough praise to this school. It really is amazing. The teachers are all lovely and really go above and beyond for the children.'

What the school should improve

• The processes that leaders use to check the quality of the school's work, including the quality of education, are not strong enough. This means that leaders are not able to identify strengths and areas for improvement as effectively as they could. Leaders should develop better ways to check how well the curriculum is being implemented in order to sustain ongoing improvement.
• Leaders have not identified the sequence of knowledge that pupils must learn in sufficient detail in some subjects. Consequently, pupils do not learn consistently well across all subjects. Leaders should continue to develop the curriculum in detail across all subjects.

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