Mousehold Infant & Nursery School

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Name Mousehold Infant & Nursery School
Website http://www.mouseholdinfants.com
Inspections
Ofsted Inspections
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Headteacher Mr Ian Tolson
Address Mousehold Avenue, Norwich, NR3 4RS
Phone Number 01603427012
Phase Academy
Type Academy converter
Age Range 3-7
Religious Character Does not apply
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 251
Local Authority Norfolk
Highlights from Latest Inspection
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Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school. The school has maintained the high standards seen at the time of the last inspection. Children make outstanding progress in the Nursery and continue this into the Reception class and in Key Stage 1.

Pupils achieve high standards in reading, writing and mathematics. They say reading is a favourite activity. Literacy and numeracy skills are continually reinforced in other subjects.

Disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs make excellent progress because they are very well supported. Support is highly effective for pupils who speak English as an additional language and for pupils who join the school at other time...s than the usual starting dates. Teaching is outstanding in many lessons and never less than good.

Lessons are well planned. Activities are adapted during the lesson and this means that pupils' work is usually very closely matched to individual needs. Behaviour is exemplary in lessons.

Pupils are eager to learn and always keen to get on with their work. Pupils say that they feel safe in school. Parents and carers agree.

Pupils welcome opportunities to contribute to the work of the school. The headteacher provides excellent leadership. She is highly effective in maintaining an outstanding quality of teaching and high standards.

The headteacher is very well supported by subject leaders, governors and the senior leadership team. Leaders are rigorous in checking the work of the school and their insistence on high standards. Subject leaders work closely together to ensure that pupils always make rapid progress in all subjects.

The governing body is very well informed. Governors bring a high level of skill to their work with the school. Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is extremely well promoted.

Pupils benefit from an interesting range of subjects and many opportunities to be creative.

Information about this school

The school is a larger than the average-sized infant school. The large majority of the pupils come from White British backgrounds.

The proportion of pupils who speak English as an additional language is below the national average but has increased recently. A small number of children join the school at times other than the usual starting dates. A very small number of pupils are educated in specialist resource units at Bluebell, Sprowston and Heartsease Primary Schools in Norwich for short periods of time.

These placements offer specialist support for children with autism, speech and language and behaviour difficulties. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is above the national average. The proportion who are supported through school action plus or who have a statement of special educational needs is below the national average.

The proportion of pupils for whom the school receives the pupil premium is above the national average. This is additional government funding for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals, children in the care of the local authority and those with a parent in the armed forces. The headteacher has been in post for four years.


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