Bishops Waltham Infant School

Overview

Pupils are described as “joyful and successful” in this “innovative infant school” where expectations are high from the start of early years. The report highlights that pupils achieve “exceptionally well across the curriculum” and that attainment in core subjects is “significantly higher than the national average.” Leaders, governors, and staff share “excellent shared practice and values” that ensure pupils thrive in this “exceptional school.”

Strengths

• The curriculum is “skilfully developed” with “precise knowledge, skills and key vocabulary,” ensuring pupils become “fluent, confident and ambitious readers.”
• Behaviour is “exemplary,” with pupils being “impeccably polite, compassionate, and respectful” while celebrating kindness through the school’s “badger values.”
• High-quality support ensures disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) enjoy “great success alongside their peers.”
• Staff provide “exceptional” pastoral care, prioritising well-being through initiatives like ‘healthy hearts and minds’ and the ‘Trickbox’ programme.
• Leaders are “dedicated, inspirational and reflective,” supported by governors who offer “superb support and challenge.”

Areas to improve

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”