Prettygate Infant School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 18 October 2022

The values of 'ambition, kindness and respect' are at the heart of Prettygate Infant School's offer. Pupils are kind to one another and enjoy each other's company. They learn and play happily together in this warm and welcoming school. Pupils rise to the high expectations adults have of them. When children start in the Reception classes, they learn to become increasingly independent and understand how to take care of their surroundings and equipment. This continues as they move through the school. They learn about the differences between themselves and others and are consequently respectful of these differences. Pupils behave well, both in lessons and around the school. Because pupils know how to be kind, bullying is rare. If it does happen, or if a pupil falls out with a friend, they know that adults will help them to make things better. Pupils trust adults to always be there for them. Pupils enjoy taking part in clubs, such as gardening and art club, along with the opportunities to go on school trips and to help to raise money for local charities. In the school's own forest area, the youngest children are encouraged to build their resilience and to take carefully considered risks. These activities help pupils to be well prepared for their move to junior school.

What the school should improve

• In a small number of subjects, some activities that teachers set are not precisely designed to help pupils learn the intended curriculum. In these subjects, pupils do not achieve as highly as they could. Leaders should ensure that they provide any further training so that teachers are supported to implement leaders' aspirational curriculum consistently well across all subjects.
• Until recently, some governors did not have a clear enough understanding of their roles and responsibilities. As a result, the governing body is not as well equipped as it could be to hold school leaders to account. Governors should consider any further training needed to ensure that all governors understand how to carry out their roles effectively, so that they continue to improve and sustain the quality of the provision. How I feed back my views? You can use Ofsted Parent View to give Ofsted your opinion on your child's school, or to find out what other parents and carers think. We use information from Ofsted Parent View when deciding which schools to inspect, when to inspect them and as part of their inspection. The Department for Education has further guidance on how to complain about a school.

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