Larks Hill Junior & Infant School have achieved Outstanding judgements in all five categories following an inspection in March 2025:
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
- Early years provision
This achievement reflects the hard work, passion, and commitment of the entire school community and the Trust are immensely proud.
Quotes from the Report
- Pupils love coming to school. Attendance is impressively high. Pupils take pride in the many experiences on offer.
- Pupils achieve exceptionally well. They consistently meet the school's high expectations for learning and behaviour by embracing the school's values.
- Pastoral support is exemplary. Pupils feel safe, valued and supported to do their best.
- The curriculum is highly ambitious and carefully designed to build pupils' knowledge over time.
- The curriculum is highly inclusive, ensuring that all pupils, access the same high-quality education.
- The impact of this high-quality provision is reflected in the impressive standards that pupils achieve in end of key stage 2 tests.
- Expert staff teach phonics consistently well.
- Pupils make exceptional progress through the early reading curriculum.
- Knowledgeable staff are relentless in the pursuit of providing strong foundations for children.
- The personal development offer is excellent. It includes a wealth of deliberately designed experiences, both within and beyond the curriculum.
We will continue to strive to be even better every day in every way, but the Ofsted performance is a wonderful endorsement of the progress that we have made.
