\n In the Early Years Foundation Stage there is an impressive drive to ensure that children get off to a flying start, even though many join the Nursery with very low skills. This drive focuses on rapidly developing their personal, social and emotional development alongside boosting their language skills. Consequently, children move to Year 1 with excellent attitudes and an infectious enthusiasm for learning.

\n High-quality teaching, particularly in Years 3 to 6, ensures that pupils, including those who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities, make excellent progress from their starting points. Within this very positive picture, lessons are not yet consistently outstanding across the school. Standards in Year 2 are high in reading, well above average in mathematics and above average in writing. By the end of Year 6 the vast majority of pupils surpass national expectations, achieving consistently high standards in English, mathematics and science. The keen support of teaching assistants, which boosts the impact of the teaching, plays a key role in ensuring that pupils who have speech, language and communication difficulties, those who have moderate learning difficulties and those for whom English is an additional language, make outstanding progress alongside their peers. \n