Hampton Wick Infant and Nursery School

Inspection of Hampton Wick Infant and Nursery School Normansfield Avenue, Teddington TW11 9RP

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Inspection dates: 17 and 18 October 2023

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

Until November 2020, the school was exempt from routine inspection because it was judged as outstanding at its previous inspection under section 5 of the Education Act 2005. The school has not been inspected under section 5 of the Act since January 2010. 17 and 18 October 2023

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What is it like to attend this school?

Pupils are proud of their community and develop a great sense of belonging to the school. Pupils get on well with each other. The school is a calm and stimulating place to learn. They arrive each day enthusiastic to play with friends and eager to learn. Pupils build strong working relationships with staff and fellow pupils. This helps pupils to feel happy and safe.

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What is it like to attend this school?

Pupils learn a broad and interesting curriculum. They benefit from skilled teaching across the subjects they learn. All pupils achieve highly. They get a rich diet of experiences, including visiting the school’s own ‘wilderness’ woodlands, which help them understand the wider world and their place within it.

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What is it like to attend this school?

Pupils feel safe and trust adults to listen and help them with any worries they have. Staff are vigilant and quick to deal with any issues should they arise.

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What is it like to attend this school?

Pupils enjoy a wide range of clubs, such as gymnastics and dance. They have many opportunities to take on responsibilities, such as becoming part of the recycling team or members of the school council.

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better?

Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), benefit from an ambitious, inclusive and aspirational curriculum. Leaders make sure that subjects are well planned and sequenced. Learning builds on key content, including pupils’ interests. For example, pupils learn about their diverse backgrounds and the environment all around them. Carefully chosen texts, stories and art work complement and celebrate this work. Pupils attend school regularly, and rapidly develop a love of learning.

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better?

Staff regularly check what pupils know, including for those with SEND. Teachers ensure pupils learn important knowledge and skills sequentially. They regularly check on pupils’ understanding of key vocabulary. Pupils make links to their learning across subjects such as history and art. This helps pupils to deepen their subject- specific understanding. Learning for pupils with SEND is adapted appropriately to meet their needs closely.

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better?

Children develop language quickly when they start at the Nursery. Adults are attentive and skilfully support children to develop vocabulary, knowledge and social skills through their play. Children read familiar books and share stories together. This ensures that they can communicate with confidence. Adults provide clear routines. The early years curriculum is exciting. Children find tasks and activities that interest them. For example, children happily explained about the bugs they found in the woods and the interesting fish recipe they designed in the kitchen.

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better?

Staff and pupils share a love of reading. Pupils read a wide range of texts with increasing fluency and accuracy. Books that pupils read match the sounds they 17 and 18 October 2023

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learn, which helps them to gain confidence. All staff benefit from the training they receive to teach phonics and reading very well. If pupils fall behind, they receive the support they need to help them to catch up quickly.

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Pupils behave exceptionally well. They learn to follow the school’s values and expectations quickly. Pupils demonstrate high levels of maturity and care for each other. Staff encourage pupils to work with patience and to never give up. Pupils play exceptionally well together, learning to take turns and to listen to each other carefully.

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Leaders place pupils’ personal development at the centre of all the school does. Leaders work closely with the community and parents to bring this about. The curriculum for developing pupils’ personal, social and health education is planned and sequenced with care. Pupils, including children in the Reception Year, are taught to work together, listen and respect different points of view, cultures and religions. Pupils develop their sense of character by raising money for charities. They understand that people are different and why it is important to treat everyone equally.

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Leaders and governors are ambitious for the school. They are highly effective in improving the school and follow the same ethos consistently. Leaders work closely with families to ensure that pupils’ attendance remains high. Staff value the high- quality training and the range of support from leaders to manage their workload and well-being. Staff are proud to work at the school.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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How can I feed back my views?

or to find out what other parents and carers think. We use information from Ofsted Parent View when deciding which schools to inspect, when to inspect them and as part of their inspection.

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How can I feed back my views?

The Department for Education has further guidance on how to complain about a school.

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Further information

You can search for published performance information about the school.

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Further information

In the report, ‘disadvantaged pupils’ is used to mean pupils with SEND; pupils who meet the definition of children in need of help and protection ; pupils receiving statutory local authority support from a social worker; and pupils who otherwise meet the criteria used for deciding the school’s pupil premium funding (this includes pupils claiming free school meals at any point in the last six years, looked after 17 and 18 October 2023

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children (children in local authority care) and/or children who left care through adoption or another formal route). 17 and 18 October 2023

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School details

Appropriate authority The governing body

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School details

Dates of previous inspection 18 and 19 January 2010, under section 5 of the Education Act 2005.

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Information about this school

 The school uses one registered alternative provision.

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Information about this inspection

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

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Information about this inspection

Inspections are a point-in-time judgement about the quality of a school’s education provision.

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Information about this inspection

 This was the first routine inspection the school received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Inspectors discussed the impact of the pandemic with the school and have taken that into account in their evaluation of the school.  Inspectors carried out deep dives in these subjects: early reading, mathematics, physical education, art and science. For each deep dive, the inspector held discussions about the curriculum, visited and sample of lessons and spoke to some pupils about their learning. 17 and 18 October 2023

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 To evaluate the effectiveness of safeguarding, inspectors: reviewed the single central record; took account of the views of staff, leaders and pupils; and considered the extent to which the school has created an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils’ interests first.  Meetings were held with the headteacher and senior leaders. Inspectors also met with some members of the governing body, including the chair of governors.  Inspectors examined a range of documents provided by the school.  Inspectors observed pupils’ behaviour at lunchtime and in lessons.  Inspectors considered the responses of pupils, parents and staff to Ofsted’s surveys.

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Inspection team

Phil Garnham, lead inspector His Majesty’s Inspector

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Inspection team

Meena Walia Ofsted Inspector 17 and 18 October 2023

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