Christchurch Infant School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school As a result of the inspiring leadership of the headteacher, the whole staff team and the governors share a fierce ambition for continual improvement.

Pupils' learning and development is strongly enhanced by the high-quality leadership, monitoring, management and governance. These ensure excellent teamwork and consistent approaches to teaching and the care practised by all staff. .

Pupils consistently achieve extremely well, many of them reaching the highest levels by the end of Key Stage 1. Throughout the school, all pupils make excellent progress. The quality of teaching in all classes is outstanding.

Teachers have very ...high expectations of what pupils can do and achieve. Because they know their pupils so well, they consistently challenge them to do more. Children get very effective help in the Reception Year.

They quickly learn early reading, writing and number skills. Pupils with speech and language difficulties in the resource base make particularly good progress because they are taught extremely well. Pupils' behaviour in lessons and around the school is outstanding.

They have excellent attitudes to learning. They are 100% determined to be 'good learners'. Parents and carers are confident that the school works very hard to keep their children safe and takes good care of them.

Every opportunity is taken to promote pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and to widen their view of the world. They enjoy all that school has to offer them; there is a vibrant atmosphere for learning. The day-to-day organisation, and all procedures, are superb; they ensure that pupils' learning is always the highest priority in this outstanding school.

Information about this school

The school is a much-larger-than-average-sized infant school. It has 12 single-age classes; four in the Reception Year, four in Year 1 and four in Year 2. The school is currently hosting an extra Reception class because of a lack of school places in its catchment area.

This will be repeated for one more year so in September 2014 there will be five Reception classes and five Year 1 classes Most pupils are of White British heritage; there are an increasing number of pupils from a variety other White heritage groups. A much-lower-than-average proportion of pupils are eligible for the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for looked after children and pupils known to be eligible for free school meals. The proportion of disabled pupils or those who have special educational needs supported at school action is well below average.

The proportion of pupils supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is average. A breakfast and after-school club is managed privately. The school has a special educational needs resource base provision for 16 pupils with speech and language difficulties.

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