Town Lane Infant School

Overview

Town Lane Infant School is judged as ‘Outstanding’ across all inspection categories, including the quality of education, behaviour, and leadership. The report describes a school where ‘pupils flourish’, are ‘happy and love to learn’, and become ‘curious and independent learners’. Leaders have crafted a ‘highly ambitious curriculum’ that ensures pupils gain a ‘strong and secure body of knowledge’ by the time they leave Year 2.

Strengths

• The curriculum is ‘connected in meaningful ways’, enabling pupils to make links in their learning and achieve highly.
• Staff possess ‘strong subject knowledge’ and skilfully explain difficult concepts, ensuring pupils ‘remember what they have learned over time’.
• Reading is a high priority; the phonics programme is ‘delivered consistently well’, resulting in pupils developing ‘secure reading knowledge’ and a ‘love of reading’.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are identified quickly and benefit from ‘expert support’, allowing them to ‘progress well through the curriculum’.
• Behaviour is ‘exemplary’, with pupils being ‘extremely polite and courteous’ and taking pride in being ‘ready, respectful and safe’.

Areas to improve

• The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding

The report states that ‘the arrangements for safeguarding are effective’.