St Margaret's Infant School

Overview

This ungraded inspection found that the school’s work has “improved significantly across all areas” since the previous inspection, prompting a future graded inspection. The report describes a school where pupils “flourish with confidence, happiness, respect and determination” and achieve highly across the curriculum.

Strengths

• “Highly effective leadership” has driven impressive improvements, with a “highly effective approach to the teaching of early reading” ensuring pupils become “fluent and confident readers”.
• The curriculum is “designed precisely with detailed skills and knowledge”, enabling pupils to “remember knowledge over time and produce high-quality work” in subjects such as mathematics and design and technology.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) “progress well” due to “shared expertise across the school” and effective collaboration with parents and outside agencies.
• “Behaviour is excellent”, with pupils showing “enthusiasm, kindness and respect” in a “purposeful and calm” environment.
• Attendance is “significantly better than the national average”, supported by “highly effective support to families”.

Areas to improve

The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

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