Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School

Overview: Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School continues to be a good school, where pupils love to come to learn and are well prepared for secondary school. The school has a strong sense of enthusiasm and aspiration, with pupils who are engaged and want to learn.

Strengths:

• Pupils are strong supporters of the school's C.A.R.E. values and are helped to build their confidence.
• The quality of education remains good, with staff who are united, skilled and highly motivated.
• The school's oldest pupils speak eloquently about their learning, such as how 'the infrastructure the Romans left after their invasion went into disrepair, so much of life went back to the old ways'.
• Pupils in the early years learn to count and are taught phrases, such as 'two-digit number', and are also taught to listen for the different sounds words make.
• Staff give any children who need it support immediately, so that all will keep up and become accurate, confident readers.

Areas to improve:

• While initial monitoring suggests the new phonics scheme is producing the impact leaders intend, it has not yet been embedded, and leaders should ensure that all aspects of its planning and delivery are monitored rigorously over the longer term, making any adjustments needed, so that all pupils become fluent readers as rapidly as possible.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with staff who have been thoroughly trained in safeguarding and know their pupils well, and who understand their first duty is to do all they can to protect any who may be at risk.