Littleton CofE Infant School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

Pupils achieve well. Attainment is above average by the end of Year 2 and pupils make good progress, especially in reading and mathematics. Children make a good start to their learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage, especially in gaining confidence and in mathematics.

Teaching is consistently good and exciting activities engage the pupils' interest and help them to learn quickly. Good relationships help pupils to behave well and feel safe at school. Pupils are keen to help others and are very enthusiastic about learning new things.

Leaders and managers have an accurate understanding about how well the school is doing and e...nsure that it is improving quickly. The leadership and management of teaching are good. Leaders, including governors, check that teachers and their pupils are doing well, and provide good training and support in aspects of teaching that are less strong than others.

Governance is good because governors are knowledgeable and ask challenging questions to help the school to continue to improve. Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is promoted well and underpins everything the school does. Parents and carers are very pleased with the work of the school and would be happy to recommend it to others.

It is not yet an outstanding school because: There are occasions when pupils, especially the more able, could be challenged more when writing in support of learning in subjects other than English. Pupils do not consistently use punctuation properly or form their letters correctly. Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage do not always learn as quickly as they could on tasks they have chosen for themselves.

Middle leaders do not play a big enough part in improving pupils' progress across the school.

Information about this school

This is a much smaller than average-sized infant school. The proportion of pupils for whom the school receives the pupil premium funding (additional government funding for specific groups of pupils including those with a parent or carer in the armed services, those known to be eligible for free school meals and children who are looked after by the local authority) is below the national average.

The proportion of pupils on the register of special educational needs at school action is below average and the proportion at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is well below average. The headteacher joined the school in September 2012. The on-site private nursery did not form part of this inspection.