Standhill Infants' School

Overview

Standhill Infants’ School is described as a “well-led school where relationships are strong.” The report states that the overall effectiveness is “Good,” with pupils finding learning activities “relevant” and “interesting.” Leaders have placed the development of character at the heart of the school’s work, creating an environment where pupils feel “happy and safe.”

Strengths

• The curriculum is “purposeful and ambitious,” identifying with precision the knowledge pupils need to know and remember.
• Staff take “great care to meet the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND),” ensuring all pupils are included.
• Children get off to a “strong start in the early years,” learning to manage their emotions and become independent learners.
• The school trains staff effectively in the early reading programme, resulting in pupils who “achieve well” and show a “love of reading.”
• Mathematics is delivered through small steps, helping pupils become “confident in the tasks they undertake” and understand its value.

Areas to improve

• In a “small number of subjects,” curriculum plans have not yet been fully embedded, meaning some pupils do not achieve as well as they could.
• Some pupils do not remember the religions they have studied or the “fundamental British values” they have been taught, requiring a review of the teaching approach.

Safeguarding

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