Children enter the infants in the 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, and each group has an experienced full-time teacher and a qualified, experienced teaching assistant.

The children follow a full and rounded curriculum and receive specialist teaching in PE, music, speech and drama, and science. In addition, each child has a daily individual one-to-one phonics lesson.

The learning environment is designed for our youngest children and 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.

Commenting on our Reception provision, the last Good Schools 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.”