Parsonage Farm Nursery and Infant School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 24 September 2024

Pupils are rightly proud of their school. They attend well and arrive promptly each morning laughing and smiling, ready to start the day. Inspectors agreed with one parent and carer who said, 'This is a lovely little school with great learning and a great sense of community.' Others commented that staff will always make time to listen to pupils and that they are seen as individuals. As a result, pupils feel valued and happy. A highly nurturing and inclusive environment helps children settle in quickly. Staff get to know children well, which means they are alert to their individual needs. Pupils behave well. Pupils develop lasting friendships with each other and enjoy playing together and talking to each other at social times. Staff have created a culture where pupils are keen to please. Several pupils approached inspectors, excited to talk about the rewards they have received. Expectations of pupils' learning are becoming more consistent. The quality of education has improved since the last inspection. As a result, children and pupils achieve well both in the early years and key stage 1. This helps to prepare them for their new schools in Year 3.

What the school should improve

• In a small number of foundation subjects, the school has not planned and sequenced the curriculum well enough. As a result, pupils do not make as much progression through the curriculum in these subjects. The school should ensure that the most important knowledge and skills pupils need to learn are planned and sequenced from Nursery through to Year 2.
• In a small number of subjects, the school does not use information about what pupils have learned well enough to inform teaching. Consequently, pupils' learning is not consistently adapted to meet their needs. The school should ensure that it uses information about what pupils have learned to inform planning and teaching more consistently in every subject.
• In the early years, the curriculum in a small number of areas is less well planned and sequenced. As a result, the links between the early years and key stage 1 are not as strong as they could be, and some children do not remember what they have learned sufficiently well. The school should ensure that all areas of the early years' curriculum are deliberately planned and logically sequenced to provide a firm foundation for children to build on in key stage 1.

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