Four Lanes Infant School

Overview

Four Lanes Infant School is described as a ‘harmonious and inclusive community’ where pupils are ‘proud to attend’. Leaders maintain high expectations, ensuring a ‘broad and highly ambitious’ curriculum that fosters independence and resilience from the early years. The school promotes a calm atmosphere where pupils ‘focus exceptionally well on their learning’ and value education as ‘the best thing about school’.

Strengths

• Early years provision is ‘Outstanding’, with a ‘highly ambitious curriculum’ ensuring children make an ‘exceptional start’ through purposeful play and problem-solving.
• Behaviour and attitudes are ‘Outstanding’, supported by a consistent policy that teaches pupils to be ‘caring, thoughtful and kind’.
• Reading is prioritised with a ‘well-structured programme’; staff are well-trained, and pupils who fall behind are ‘quickly helped to catch up’.
• Staff possess ‘strong knowledge of the subjects they teach’ and skilfully address misconceptions to ensure understanding is secured.
• Personal development is promoted daily, with pupils learning about ‘healthy relationships and consent’ and developing tolerance through understanding different cultures.

Areas to improve

• In some foundation subjects, leaders have not yet ‘precisely identified and fully sequenced the detailed knowledge’ pupils need to learn.
• This lack of full sequencing means pupils are ‘not always confident in recalling and using key knowledge and skills’ in these areas.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are ‘effective’, with a ‘culture of vigilance’ where staff receive comprehensive training and deal with concerns ‘immediately’.