Bagshot Infant School

Overview

Bagshot Infant School continues to be a good school, offering an inclusive environment where staff maintain high expectations for all pupils. The report highlights a "harmonious ‘family feel’" with warm, nurturing relationships that ensure pupils feel safe and motivated to learn.

Strengths

• The school delivers a "well-designed, ambitious curriculum" with teachers possessing "good subject knowledge" and using high-quality resources effectively.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are "well supported" through careful adjustments, ensuring they follow the same curriculum as their peers.
• Reading is prioritised with a new scheme ensuring phonics is taught "consistently and with rigour," helping pupils who fall behind to "catch up quickly."
• Staff and governors are highly valued, with leaders showing "unswerving consideration of their workload and well-being" and providing continual high-quality training.
• Pupils benefit from a broad range of experiences, including outdoor learning and community visits, fostering respect and teamwork.

Areas to improve

• In some foundation subjects, assessment approaches are in the "early stages of implementation," and teachers do not always use assessment information effectively to inform future teaching, which "hinders pupils’ progress."

Safeguarding

The report states that "the arrangements for safeguarding are effective."