Boughton Leigh Infant School

Overview

Boughton Leigh Infant School continues to be a good school, described as a "caring, inclusive school where pupils feel safe and looked after." Leaders maintain high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, who are "fully included in all that the school does."

Strengths

• Pupils are "polite and well behaved," adhering to the school’s ‘STARFISH’ values and reporting that bullying "hardly ever happens."
• Leaders have "prioritised reading," ensuring a "consistent and effective approach to the teaching of phonics" so that by Year 2, many children read "fluently, with expression and understanding."
• Mathematics follows a "clear and sequential approach to the curriculum," where learning "builds logically from Nursery through to Year 2."
• Staff share an ethos of "caring and sharing together," supporting one another and feeling "proud to work at the school."

Areas to improve

• Leaders must clearly identify and share "precise end points" in foundation subjects so teachers know exactly what pupils need to remember long term.
• Assessment in foundation subjects must become "consistently thorough and accurate" to identify if pupils possess the specific knowledge needed for future learning.
• Leaders should ensure information about pupils is "systematically recorded and linked together" to support all pupils and keep them safe.
• The school must "maximise chances for all pupils to access a wide and rich range of opportunities" to broaden their horizons beyond the locality.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with staff receiving regular training and leaders following up concerns promptly, though not all information is yet systematically recorded.