Infant Dept

The  Infant School

Our children enter the Infant School in the Reception Classes where they continue with the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. In Years R and 1 they continue to be taught mainly by their own form teacher but they are also taught by specialists in Music, French, ICT, PE and Games.  In Year 2 this is with the addition of Science as a specialist subject. We aim to limit our class sizes to a maximum of 20 children per class. Each form teacher is directly responsible for the pastoral care and welfare of the children in their respective form. Within a relaxed and happy atmosphere, the children gradually become used to a more formal approach to education and emphasis is placed on the acquisition of the basic skills in numeracy and literacy. At the end of Year 2, all the pupils currently sit the Key Stage 1 SATs as a matter of course and we are keen to monitor that our curriculum is not driven by our testing.