Minet Infant and Nursery School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

• Minet Nursery and Infant School is a happy and well-ordered place. Relationships between pupils and staff are good. Children settle into the caring atmosphere of the Nursery well.

• The school is led and managed well. Senior leaders are good professional role models and have made sure that teaching and pupils' achievement continually improve. Teachers and well-trained teaching assistants work well as a team.

• Most teaching is good and some is outstanding. Planned activities, which are matched to pupils' abilities and interest, engage them well. Teachers mark pupils' work regularly and in detail.

• Pupils achieve well... and, though their attainment is below the national average, standards have been rising faster than nationally. • Pupils of all ages make good progress in their subjects. Pupils who speak English as an additional language are well supported and do particularly well.

• Pupils enjoy school and their learning. They like their teachers, feel secure and are well looked after. Attendance is improving and is above average.

• The Nursery is outstanding. Children are given a wide range of engaging activities, rich in language, in a safe environment. • Parents and carers are pleased with how happy their children are and the progress they make.

The school gives good support to parents and carers so they can help with their children's learning at home. It is not yet an outstanding school because: • Not enough teaching is outstanding. Teachers • Pupils do not achieve as well in writing as they do not always plan activities that will stretch do in other areas.

Opportunities to engage pupils of all abilities. children in conversation and further develop • Pupils are not given good opportunities to their speaking skills are sometimes missed in respond to teachers' marking. Reception.

Information about this school

• Minet Nursery and Infant School is larger than the average-sized primary school. There are two Nursery classes and four classes in each year group. The majority of children start school in the Nursery.

• Pupils come from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds. The largest groups are of Black African, Pakistani and Indian heritages. Most pupils speak English as an additional language, which is a much higher proportion than average.

• The proportion of pupils supported by the pupil premium (extra government funding for specific groups of pupils including those known to be eligible for free school meals, children in local authority care and service children) is above average. • The proportions of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action and those supported through school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs are above the national average. • The school shares a site with a junior school.

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