Children enter the infants in September following their fourth birthday. The infants have three classes – reception, year one and year two.

This academic year, the school has a reception class of 34 pupils. The class is split into two groups of 17 pupils for all curriculum areas, with specialist teaching in PE, music, speech and drama, and science. Each group has an experienced full-time teacher and a qualified, experienced teaching assistant.

The learning environment is designed for our youngest children. The bespoke curriculum offers a holistic educational experience that nurtures children’s intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development. There is a designated reception class garden where children can play and complete activities.

Throughout the three years in infants, children read one-to-one to a teacher daily.

The last report concluded:

“The staff work exceptionally well to ensure all children are engaged and well-motivated. They have extremely high expectations of the children, who respond enthusiastically to all that is asked of them. A good range of resources enables a challenging and interesting curriculum to be taught. Passionate about their work with the children, staff constantly evaluate the curriculum and their contribution to the children’s learning.”

This academic year, there are 34 Reception children in the year group. They have registration together in the morning and after lunch and are taught in two groups of 17. Each group has one fully qualified, experienced teacher and one fully qualified, experienced teaching assistant. In addition to this, each child has a daily individual one-to-one phonics lesson.

The children follow a full curriculum, with intensive precision teaching focussing on core skills of English and mathematics. Pupils are taught by specialist teachers in PE, music, science, art, speech and drama.