Heather Avenue Infant is smaller than most infant schools and mainly serves the immediate community. Most pupils spend their whole infant education at the school. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is broadly average. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups and those who speak English as an additional language is low, but increasing. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is above average, but the proportion of pupils with a statement of special educational needs is very small. Shortly after the last inspection the school changed from being a first school to an infant school. The provision includes the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum in the Reception class. The school has a privately run nursery on site, the inspection of which is reported separately. The school’s work has been recognised by the British Council Full International School award, Arts Mark Gold, Healthy Schools (Enhanced) status and the Eco-School (Silver) award.