Wroughton Infant School

Overview

Wroughton Infant School has “taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection.” The report describes a school where “pupils are proud to belong” and enjoy a happy, safe environment supported by strong staff relationships. Leaders have successfully realised the school’s vision, ensuring pupils are well-prepared for the next stage of their education.

Strengths

• Pupils receive “effective pastoral support” and demonstrate the school’s values of being “caring, honest, responsible, determined and respectful.”
• The curriculum is delivered in a “clear and logical order,” with a “well-organised reading curriculum” where teachers are “experts in the delivery of the phonics programme.”
• Staff have an “accurate understanding of the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)” and adapt learning effectively.
• Pupils engage in “meaningful curriculum experiences,” such as visiting historical places and exploring real plants in science, which helps them “build understanding and bring learning to life.”
• The trust provides “support and challenge” to ensure continued improvement, including professional development opportunities for staff.

Areas to improve

• In some foundation subjects, teachers do not check well enough that pupils have secured essential knowledge, leading to gaps in what pupils know and remember.
• Behaviour during less structured times of the day does not always meet the high standards seen in lessons, impacting pupils’ readiness to learn.

Safeguarding

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