Townhill Infant School

Overview

Townhill Infant School delivers a high-quality education with "Strong standard" ratings in early years, leadership, and personal development, alongside "Expected standard" ratings in achievement, attendance, and curriculum. The report highlights a "warm and welcoming" environment where pupils feel valued, with particularly effective support for those with additional needs.

Strengths

• Early years staff provide "high-quality, purposeful interactions" that develop children’s language and confidence "extremely well".
• Leadership is "highly effective and united", with governors providing "robust challenge" and staff benefiting from strong professional learning.
• Pupils demonstrate "strong character and resilience", engaging confidently with moral issues and showing "secure" understanding of British values.
• Inclusion is underpinned by a "highly positive culture of care", with staff identifying needs promptly and providing "targeted, individualised support".

Areas to improve

• Leaders must ensure staff embed changes to the "wider curriculum" so pupils’ knowledge builds quickly and deepens, as understanding in some subjects is not yet as secure as in core areas.
• Leaders should sustain work to improve overall attendance, aiming for rates "consistently at least in line with national averages", as historical absence has been higher than average.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an "open culture" where concerns are actively identified and managed, ensuring pupils are made safer and feel safe.