Garden Suburb Infant School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The quality of teaching across the school is good, with some that is of high quality.

Teachers' use of questioning and feedback in lessons, helps to deepen pupils' knowledge and understanding and enable pupils to develop a range of skills. Pupils achieve well in reading and writing and their attainment at the end of Year 2 is above average. Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage enjoy an exciting and stimulating range of activities and achieve well.

Pupils who find the work difficult are quickly identified and receive high-quality support from teachers and support staff. As a result, these pupils make good progress. The governing b...ody, headteacher and deputy headteacher are ambitious for the school.

They know the school's strengths and areas for development very well and have had a positive impact on improving teaching and raising achievement. Senior leaders check the quality of teaching and learning rigorously to ensure that all teachers know their strengths and areas for development. Behaviour is good and pupils are courteous and friendly.

They play very well with children from different backgrounds, get on well with each other and are keen to learn. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Pupils' progress in mathematics is slower than in reading and writing. Pupils are not given the time to read and act upon teachers' comments in their books so end up making the same mistakes.

The most able pupils are not given difficult enough work in all lessons to enable them to reach their potential. The checking of the quality of teaching by subject leaders is not effective enough.

Information about this school

Garden Suburb is a larger-than-average-sized infant school.

The school has three classes in each year group from Reception to Year 2. The majority of pupils come from minority ethnic backgrounds. The largest groups are any other White background and any other ethnic group.

An above average proportion of pupils speak English as an additional language. About a third are at an early stage of learning English. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium (funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals, from forces families and looked after children) is lower than the national average.

The proportion of pupils with special educational needs supported through school action is much higher than national figures. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is average. The school has achieved several awards including the Activemark and Healthy School status.

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