South Farnborough Infant School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school. Pupils achieve extremely well in this school.

By the end of Year 2 attainment is well above average in reading, writing and mathematics. The outstanding provision for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage enables them to make excellent progress. Consistently high quality teaching ensures that pupils make the most of their learning opportunities and make outstanding progress through the school.

Pupils are set clear and challenging targets and know what they need to do to achieve them. Teaching assistants make a very significant contribution to the high quality learning taking place in the school. They work in very close par...tnership with teachers and bring an additional range of helpful skills and experiences into the classrooms.

Communication skills are developed extremely well, especially talking and listening, so that pupils are able to express their ideas clearly before committing them to paper. Behaviour around the school is exemplary and pupils have outstanding attitudes to learning. They say that they feel very safe and know how to stay safe.

The provision for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities is outstanding. The school makes excellent use of the pupil premium to support those pupils for whom it is intended and the gap between the attainment of this group and other pupils in the school has closed. The inspirational leadership of the headteacher and senior team together with a very effective governing body ensure that leadership and management are of the highest quality.

The school has a very accurate view of its strengths and weaknesses and uses this information extremely well to guide school improvement. A rich, broad and balanced curriculum provides pupils with a wealth of experiences that enrich their learning and development. The provision for pupils' spiritual moral, social and cultural development is outstanding.

The excellent example set by all adults in caring for the pupils and respecting each other provides a wonderful role model for pupils to follow. As a result the school is a highly cohesive caring community in which all groups show respect for each other. Close links with parents and carers and with grandparents are exemplified in the 'Reading Champions' who come into school frequently and regularly to help pupils with their reading.

Information about this school

This school is larger than most primary schools and has increased in size since its last inspection. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs who are supported at school action is average. The proportion who are supported at school action plus or who have statements of special educational needs is broadly average.

The proportion of pupils eligible for the pupil premium (which is funding to support children in local authority care, children of service families and those known to be eligible for free school meals) is above the national average. The vast majority of these are pupils from service families and the proportion known to be eligible for free school meals are below average. At the time of the inspection, building work was under way to extend part of the school.

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