Lyndon Green Junior School

Overview

Lyndon Green Junior School is described as a “nurturing and inclusive” environment where pupils “love attending” and benefit from “strong relationships with staff.” The report highlights a “calm and happy” atmosphere underpinned by kindness and respect, noting that the school is held in “extremely high regard by parents and pupils.” While most pupils thrive, the inspection identifies specific inconsistencies in curriculum planning and provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• The new phonics programme is having the “desired impact,” with teachers addressing knowledge gaps swiftly and books “perfectly matched” to pupils’ abilities.
• Mathematics is taught well, with pupils revisiting prior learning regularly to retain important facts and calculations.
• Pupils demonstrate excellent behaviour, embodying the rules to “respect yourself, respect others, respect your school,” and engage in meaningful responsibilities like being eco-reps or librarians.
• Staff model behaviour with “kindness, compassion and consistency,” creating a supportive culture where parents feel their children are “treasured members of the school.”

Areas to improve

• In some subjects, the curriculum does not set out “precise content” for pupils to know and remember, preventing teachers from effectively checking retention for future learning.
• The learning needs of some pupils with SEND are not assessed regularly enough, leading to “too much repetition of tasks” and expectations that are “too low,” which slows their progress.

Safeguarding

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