Woolston Infant School

Overview

Woolston Infant School continues to be a good school, described as a "happy place" where pupils enjoy attending and form "positive, warm relationships." The report highlights recent improvements in reading and provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), alongside a renewed focus on raising achievement across the curriculum.

Strengths

• Pupils’ behaviour is "very good," and they appreciate the regular praise they receive for working hard.
• The school’s approach to teaching phonics is "well embedded," helping most pupils become "accurate and speedy readers."
• Provision for pupils with SEND has improved significantly, with staff being "well trained" to identify needs and adapt the curriculum effectively.
• Attendance has improved markedly, with term-time holidays declining significantly and most pupils attending "very regularly."
• The school prioritises pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, fostering a "caring, happy community."

Areas to improve

• The school should continue to review and refine the mathematics curriculum to ensure pupils "gain and retain the important mathematical knowledge they need," as previous sequencing led to disjointed learning.
• The school needs to review and refine the curriculum in some foundation subjects to ensure pupils have the "same depth of knowledge in all subjects," as improvements vary between subjects.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.