All Saints CofE Aided Infant School

Inspection of All Saints CofE Aided Infant School Tilford Road, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey GU10 2DA

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Inspection dates: 21 and 22 September 2021

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years provision Good Previous inspection grade Outstanding

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Overall effectiveness Good

This school was last inspected 14 years ago and judged ‘Outstanding’ under a previous inspection framework. This reflected the school’s overall effectiveness under the inspection framework in use at the time.

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Overall effectiveness Good

From then until November 2020, the school was exempted by law from routine inspection, so there has been a longer gap than usual between inspections. Judgements in this report are based on the current inspection framework and also reflect changes that may have happened at any point since the last inspection. 21 and 22 September 2021

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What is it like to attend this school?

The school’s values of love, perseverance and joy are at the heart of pupils’ everyday experiences. Pupils told inspectors, ‘School is a happy place and it’s easy to make friends here.’ They proudly explain their learning and how staff and pupils here are kind and look out for each other. Pupils like coming to school every day.

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What is it like to attend this school?

Staff know each pupil as an individual, nurturing warm and trusting relationships so that they feel safe and secure at school. There is hardly any inappropriate behaviour or unkindness here. Pupils confidently recall how they have been taught to respond should anyone say or do anything that makes them feel uncomfortable, and they trust staff to resolve any worries they may have.

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What is it like to attend this school?

New leaders have raised the level of challenge on offer across the curriculum. Recognising the strengths of the school, they have kept a key focus upon ensuring learning is not something that just happens in the classroom at All Saints. Pupils love the regular opportunities to enrich and deepen their learning outdoors in the school’s beautiful grounds and local woodland. Similarly, they benefit from a rich selection of extra-curricular opportunities, before and after school, and participation in local community events.

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better?

Senior leaders and new staff are a tight-knit team sharing a passion to achieve the very best for each and every pupil. The new headteacher and her leadership team have swiftly implemented many improvements. This includes introducing a bespoke new curriculum for the whole school and reinvigorating the learning environment in the early years. This is impressive considering this work has been achieved while providing education during the pandemic and managing a period of staffing changes last year.

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better?

Leaders have maintained the existing strengths in reading and mathematics, and further enhancements are planned. The promotion of the love of reading begins on the first day that children join Reception, and staff develop pupils’ reading skills effectively. Typically, phonics is taught well, and staff skilfully assess pupils’ reading skills. Tailored support is given to any pupils who need help so that all make strong progress. Over time, pupils are supported to become fluent and confident readers.

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better?

The school offers pupils a broad and engaging curriculum. There is now a much clearer system of subject leadership. New planning has been introduced to identify the key knowledge pupils need to know and how it builds upon their prior learning. This work has already had an impact on boosting pupils’ knowledge and skills. An example was seen in history when Year 2 pupils could confidently recall using different sources of evidence to compare pupils’ experiences at All Saints School 150 years ago to their own now. Another was seen in Year 1 when staff made expert use of pupils’ prior learning in science to craft captivating outdoor experiences which deepened pupils’ knowledge and recall of the body parts of animals and plants. 21 and 22 September 2021

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Children in Reception have got off to a flying start this year. Skilled staff are promoting their language skills and collaborative play well. Children have quickly settled into routines and are developing learning behaviours. New leaders’ curriculum plans in the early years and some subjects in key stage 1 are a work in progress. Consequently, sometimes the level of challenge for either the most able pupils or those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) requires further refinement to better meet pupils’ needs. Leaders have clear plans and further training for staff scheduled to address this.

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Pupils’ behaviour at school is very good and their attendance is high. They play happily at breaktimes, move around the school sensibly and are polite. Pupils value the school’s rules, rewards and routines, so any disruption is rare. They show respect for each other and different members of their community. Pupils are well prepared for their next stages of education.

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Governors are keen to help the headteacher to achieve their vision and have supported leaders and staff remotely over the past year. Unfortunately, governors have had limited onsite visits due to the pandemic. In addition, some governors have recently left, and new ones have been appointed.

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A small minority of parents are still anxious about the many recent changes in the school and would appreciate better communication from leaders. However, most are very happy with all that the school offers and keen to share this with inspectors. As one parent said, ‘It’s an incredible school that nurtures every child… I feel so blessed that my child got a place at this school!’

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Leaders ensure that all staff receive regular and appropriate training on safeguarding. All Saints has a culture of vigilance and staff are aware of the warning signs that a pupil might be being harmed or in danger. Systems are in place to help staff to record and share any concern they may have about pupils. The records kept by the headteacher show that the school responds in an appropriate and timely way when necessary. Leaders work with external agencies when necessary to help pupils get the help they need. Pupils say they feel safe here and all parents confirm this.

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(Information for the school and appropriate authority)

 The school’s curriculum is not yet sufficiently well planned and sequenced in some subjects and in the early years. However, it is clear that leaders have already taken action to plan next year’s curriculum and to train staff where required. For this reason, the transitional arrangements have been applied. 21 and 22 September 2021

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 Many of the improvements to the curriculum are very new. Some staff require further training to ensure that they can more accurately meet the needs of all pupils, particularly the most able and those with SEND, across the full range of subjects. Leaders need to complete their ongoing work to enhance the sequencing of knowledge from the early years to Year 2 and to help all pupils to learn with increasing independence.  The effectiveness of governors’ monitoring and evaluation has been impacted by the pandemic. This occurred at a time of significant staffing and leadership changes. In addition, some new governors have only very recently been appointed. Training is required to ensure that all governors are up to date and clear about their strategic roles to oversee and challenge continued school improvement.  A small minority of parents are worried by the recent staffing turbulence and a few feel that their views haven’t been heard. Leaders and governors need to

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continue to improve their communication and relationships with all parents in order to share the many strengths of the provision and curriculum at All Saints.

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How can I feed back my views?

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How can I feed back my views?

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Further information

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Further information

In the report, ‘disadvantaged pupils’ refers to those pupils who attract government pupil premium funding: pupils claiming free school meals at any point in the last six years and pupils in care or who left care through adoption or another formal route. 21 and 22 September 2021

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School details

Appropriate authority The governing body

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School details

Website www.allsaints-tilford.surrey.sch.uk

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School details

Date of previous inspection 31 January 2007

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Information about this school

 The headteacher joined the school in September 2020 and has made several changes to the curriculum and leadership structure of the school. Last year, three teachers left the school and new teachers have been appointed to replace them.  The school makes use of one alternative provider, although no pupils were attending at the time of this inspection.

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Information about this inspection

The inspectors carried out this inspection under section 5 of the Education Act 2005.

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Information about this inspection

 This was the first routine inspection the school received since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic began. Inspectors discussed the impact of the pandemic with the school leaders and have taken that into account within their evaluation.  At the time of this inspection, the children in Reception were only attending for part of each day.  Deep dives were conducted in reading, mathematics, personal, social and health education and history. As part of these, inspectors met with leaders, visited lessons, talked to pupils about their work and met with teaching staff to talk 21 and 22 September 2021

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about their approach to designing and delivering the curriculum. Inspectors also reviewed plans for the teaching of science and visited outdoor learning.  Meetings were held with the headteacher, subject leaders, the early years leader and staff.  To evaluate the effectiveness of safeguarding, inspectors reviewed the school’s website and policies and met with safeguarding leaders. They also spoke to pupils, staff and governors and scrutinised school records of the safeguarding checks on adults working in the school.  The lead inspector met with members of the governing body and reviewed documents relating to governance. Telephone conversations were held with a representative of the diocese and an external consultant used by the school.  A meeting was held with a group of pupils to discuss their views about many different aspects of their school. Inspectors also held informal conversations with pupils at break and lunchtime.

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Inspection team

Matthew Newberry, lead inspector Her Majesty’s Inspector

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Inspection team

Paul Shaughnessy Ofsted Inspector 21 and 22 September 2021

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