Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants' School

Overview

Pupils “love their school” and feel safe due to “positive relationships” with staff. The inspection found that the school provides a high-quality education with an “ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum,” where pupils work hard and achieve well. Leaders have established a strong culture of belonging, ensuring effective attendance and inclusive support for all learners.

Strengths

• Staff maintain “unwavering high expectations,” resulting in pupils who are “polite and respectful” and demonstrate “positive attitudes to learning.”
• Reading is a “high priority,” with staff acting as “experts in the delivery of phonics lessons” who quickly identify and support those at risk.
• The school has an “inclusive ethos,” accurately identifying pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and tailoring learning effectively.
• Pupils benefit from a “broad range of extra-curricular activities” and trips that “enhance the curriculum and bring learning to life.”
• Leaders ensure pupils are “well prepared for the next stage of their education” through structured transitions and opportunities to develop leadership skills.

Areas to improve

• The writing curriculum does not yet support all pupils to “form letters correctly and construct grammatically accurate sentences,” hindering progress for some.
• In some areas of the wider curriculum, learning activities do not enable pupils to “develop a sufficient depth of understanding” of the content.

Safeguarding

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