Cunningham Hill Infant School

Overview

The report describes a school where “pupils flourish” and are “happy and kept safe” due to the presence of “caring and skilled adults.” Leaders maintain “highly ambitious” expectations, resulting in a curriculum that is “meticulously planned” and “extremely ambitious,” ensuring pupils achieve well across all areas.

Strengths

• The curriculum is “meticulously planned” with subject leaders acting as “experts” who identify essential content to ensure pupils “build up secure knowledge over time.”
• There is a “genuine love for reading,” supported by well-trained adults who teach phonics “consistently and with precision,” helping pupils read with “accuracy, fluency and confidence.”
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) access the “same ambitious curriculum as their peers,” with needs identified quickly and strategies regularly reviewed.
• Early years provision offers a “fantastic start” with “high levels of engagement” and “considerable levels of challenge” in activities.
• Behaviour is “excellent,” with pupils being “highly engaged” and “respectful,” allowing lessons to proceed “without disruption.”

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

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