Sunnymede Infant School is a calm, friendly school with a positive atmosphere. Pupils behave well. Pupils of all ages play together and treat each other, and their teachers, with respect. Pupils are polite, friendly and happy to help one another. Older pupils look after early years children as lunchtime buddies. Pupils say that they are safe. Bullying rarely happens. However, if pupils are worried, they say that staff help to sort out any problems. Leaders expect the school’s values – ‘excellence, friendship, respect, determination and courage’ – from all pupils. Pupils know that they need to keep going when learning gets hard. Pupils are interested in their learning and they work well together. Pupils at Sunnymede achieve as well as their peers nationally and, on occasions, better. This is because a focus for key stage 1 pupils has been on the learning of reading, writing and mathematics. This has meant that pupils do not have access to the full broad curriculum that they should have. Parents and carers are happy that their children attend this school. One parent summarised the views of most, saying Sunnymede is ‘a fantastic school that always puts the children’s well-being first’.