Oldfield Park Infant School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. The headteacher provides strong leadership. The data and information systems used by leaders and staff to check pupils' progress and teachers' performance are reliable and robust.

The governing body is effective. Governors are diligent and undertake effective monitoring to hold leaders and staff to account for pupils' achievement and the quality of teaching. Leaders, staff and governors continue to improve how well pupils achieve and are raising standards; they demonstrate good capacity to secure further improvement.

The teaching is effective and continues to improve well. This is helping the vast majority of pupils to make good progress... in all classes. Children throughout the early years get off to an excellent start in early literacy and mathematics.

This is built upon in Years 1 and 2 so that standards are currently high in reading and mathematics and above average in writing by the end of Year 2. The vast majority of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs are supported well and make good progress. Pupils are courteous, respectful of others and well behaved.

They are energised by the range of subjects and topics they study and enjoy the many activities and visits provided by the school. Pupils feel very safe and secure. There are positive and trusting relationships between pupils and staff.

Teachers and support staff make sure that pupils are kept safe and are very committed to pupils' care, welfare and well-being. The school makes an excellent contribution to pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Pupils are taught to respect the views and beliefs of others.

This prepares them very well for the next stage of their education. The school promotes British values very well. It is not yet an outstanding school because : The teaching and work provided for pupils in Years 1 and 2 do not always offer the right level of challenge, particularly for the most able pupils.

Standards in writing are improving well but pupils' handwriting and spelling should be better. Pupils, particularly boys, make relatively slower progress in writing compared with reading and mathematics. Some disadvantaged pupils could still be achieving better, particularly in writing.

Some of these pupils are not making as much progress as others in the school and in comparison with other pupils nationally.

Information about this school

This school is smaller than most primary schools. The early years comprises two Reception classes for four- and five-year-olds who attend full time.

Most pupils are from White British backgrounds and a small number come from a range of minority ethnic backgrounds. A very small number of pupils, well below the national average, are learning English as an additional language. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils eligible for the pupil premium is below average (this is additional government funding to support pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and looked after children).

The proportion of disabled pupils and those receiving special educational needs support is well below average. The only significant staff change since the school's last inspection in November 2009 was the appointment of the current headteacher, who joined in September 2014. A privately managed and Ofsted registered breakfast and after-school club operates on the school site serving pupils from the school.

This was not part of this inspection and has previously been inspected separately. The school is involved in a number of partnerships and collaborations with other schools. These include local clusters of primary schools, a local infant school network, Bath University and Bath College as well as a partnership to promote sporting and health-related activities for pupils.

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