Boughton Leigh Infant School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 5 July 2022

Boughton Leigh Infant School is a caring, inclusive school where pupils feel safe and looked after. Pupils told inspectors, 'You need to be kind and helpful'. Inspectors saw that pupils heed this advice as they follow their 'STARFISH' values. Leaders are ambitious for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). In Nursery and Reception, children get off to a good start learning to read. Pupils with SEND are fully included in all that the school does. They are very well supported by teachers who know them well. Pupils are polite and well behaved. They listen to teachers in lessons and follow routines around school. Pupils can explain what bullying is. They say that it hardly ever happens. They know that, if it did, teachers would step in. Pupils say that there is always an adult in school to talk to if they feel worried. Pupils enjoy the activities that leaders plan for them. For example, pupils recently worked with a local illustrator to design book covers. Others enjoyed travelling by double decker bus to a school football festival.

What the school should improve

• In some foundation subjects, leaders have not pinpointed the end points that pupils are building towards. As a result, teachers do not always know exactly what pupils should have learned previously, and how they need to build this into current learning. Leaders should continue to develop the curriculum in foundation subjects so that the ambitious end points that pupils are working towards are clearly identified and shared, so that all teachers know precisely what pupils need to remember long term.
• Leaders have not yet ensured that assessment is consistently thorough and accurate in the foundation subjects. As a result, teachers cannot identify if pupils have the specific, detailed knowledge and understanding that they need for future learning. In foundation subjects, leaders should ensure that assessment checks if pupils know and remember, long term, the building blocks of knowledge that they will need to subsequently draw on.
• Leaders have not yet ensured that the range of information they have about pupils is systematically recorded and linked together in order to pick up the signs that a pupil needs support. Leaders should ensure that the new electronic system they have planned to introduce makes the most of the information they have, to support all pupils and keep them safe.
• Leaders have not yet ensured that they maximise chances for all pupils to access a wide and rich range of opportunities to broaden their horizons. As a result, some pupils do not benefit from activities which would enable them to look beyond what is in their locality. Leaders should ensure that they continue to develop and broaden their enrichment offer so that all pupils benefit from these opportunities.

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