Children are grouped by learning needs so that each child is working at the level appropriate for them. These groups are continually monitored by teachers and as children gain confidence they will move through the groups. We are fortunate to have a stable team of well-qualified teachers, higher level teaching assistants and teaching assistants who know the children very well.

Academic standards are extremely high although we do not teach to tests. Due to our small numbers (less than 6 per cohort) results are not published as children could be identified.

For teaching Phonics in EYFS and Year 1 we refer to the Letters and Sounds documents. In Early Years we use some actions and rhymes from Jolly Phonics to help teach the letter-sound relationships. We use an adapted version of the Read Write inc letter formation rhymes to teach a pre-cursive handwriting style right from the start of Reception. Children learn to read by applying skills learned in phonics in well-matched reading books. Reading schemes used include a variety of reading books (including Oxford Reading Tree, Big Cat that is grouped by book band. From Year Two and as children move into Juniors, they begin to access books graded according to the Accelerated Reader scheme.