Broadfield East Infant School and Nursery is larger than average for the type of school. The majority of pupils are from White British backgrounds; the proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups is above average. Approximately one third of pupils speak English as an additional language. This is an above average proportion. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported by school action is below average. The percentage of pupils with more complex needs identified and supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is above average. The proportion of pupils eligible for the additional funding for looked after pupils, those from service families and pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is lower than the national average. In this school there are only pupils from the last category. Since September 2013 a higher-than-average number of pupils has joined or left the school partway through their education. The school runs a breakfast club. This is managed by the governing body and was reviewed as part of the current inspection. The school became part of The Kemnal Academies Trust in September 2012. This is its first inspection since its change of status. When last inspected, in July 2012, prior to becoming an academy, the school was judged to be satisfactory. The school shares a site with, and is physically linked to, its partner junior school, which is also an academy within the same academy trust. Since the school converted to an academy there have been a number of staff changes, including long-term planned and unplanned, short-term staff absence covered by temporary teaching staff, and a range of new appointments including a new assistant headteacher.