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West Hove Infant School
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West Hove Infant School
- Primary
- Brighton and Hove BN3 5JA
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Outstanding
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Achievement of pupils | Outstanding |
| Quality of teaching | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and safety of pupils | Outstanding |
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Foundational Skills: Pupils in the Reception class make accelerated progress in learning, especially in phonics with pupils writing and spelling many words correctly.
Success of the Curriculum: Pupils reach above-average levels by Year 2, and maintain this performance consistently. Teaching is fun, and promotes enthusiastic learning.
Areas Needing Improvement: Opportunities to develop pupils’ creative thinking skills and critical thinking are not always fully exploited.
Performance in Maths & Reading: Pupils continue to make exceptional progress with high standards in reading, writing and mathematics by Year 2.
Support for Falling Behind: Disabled pupils and those with special educational needs receive excellent support from teaching assistants, ensuring similar progress to peers.
Behaviour and Attitudes: Pupils exhibit exceptional behavior and enjoy all aspects of the school, reflecting the school's caring ethos.
Support for SEND Pupils: Disabled pupils and those with special educational needs make similar progress to their peers due to outstanding support.
Managing Bullying and Pupil Safety: Pupils feel extremely safe and well looked after, with incidents such as name calling very rare and immediately dealt with by staff.
Promotion of Welfare and Safety: The school’s ethos celebrates each child as an individual, promoting exceptional behavior that contributes to a happy and calm environment.
Parent Feedback: Parents have a very positive view of the school and would wholeheartedly recommend it to others.
Parental Involvement: Parents help in many ways, including running a half-termly Saturday school for more able pupils.
Extracurricular Activities: The school has excellent provision for sports development including a swimming pool, with more specialist provision planned.
Teacher Engagement: Teachers and teaching assistants plan interesting lessons and use data exceptionally well to challenge all pupils.
Impact on Student Progress: The quality of teaching underpins pupils’ outstanding achievement, with teachers successfully engaging pupils in challenging activities.
Assessment of Teaching Quality: All leaders regularly check the quality of teaching, ensuring only the best teaching is rewarded.
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West Hove Infant School is a Primary, Co-Ed school located in East Sussex, South East.
It has 491 students from age 5-7 yr with a student-teacher ratio of 22 : 1.
This school rated Outstanding by recent Ofsted inspection.
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Please get in touch with the school office if you are a potential parent seeking for a spot for your child to enrol. Our staff will be happy to assist you.
Our inclusive curriculum has been created with the goal of giving every child who attends our school a rich educational experience.
Please visit our online curriculum portfolios for more details on our curriculum.
These serve as an example of the amazing experiences and activities that the kids at West Hove Infants will have.
Individual classes for the kids all adhere to our carefully created West Hove learning paradigm.
Additionally, we fervently think that a child's pleasure and well-being are intimately tied to their ability to learn.
Through our Personal, Social, Emotional and Citizenship curriculum as well as our Behaviour for Learning and Relationship practise and policies, we encourage and support children's wellbeing and personal development.
Respect, generosity, tolerance, honesty, and resilience are just a few of the critical social and life skills that our school's Golden Rules and loving ethos help children acquire.
We are eager to have you visit our school.
To make sure that every child leaves us with a love of learning and ready for the following levels of their education, we work closely with families.
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Please get in touch with the school office if you are a potential parent seeking for a spot for your child to enrol. Our staff will be happy to assist you.
Our inclusive curriculum has been created with the goal of giving every child who attends our school a rich educational experience.
Please visit our online curriculum portfolios for more details on our curriculum.
These serve as an example of the amazing experiences and activities that the kids at West Hove Infants will have.
Individual classes for the kids all adhere to our carefully created West Hove learning paradigm.
Additionally, we fervently think that a child's pleasure and well-being are intimately tied to their ability to learn.
Through our Personal, Social, Emotional and Citizenship curriculum as well as our Behaviour for Learning and Relationship practise and policies, we encourage and support children's wellbeing and personal development.
Respect, generosity, tolerance, honesty, and resilience are just a few of the critical social and life skills that our school's Golden Rules and loving ethos help children acquire.
We are eager to have you visit our school.
To make sure that every child leaves us with a love of learning and ready for the following levels of their education, we work closely with families.
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| Phase of Education | Primary | Primary | Primary |
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| Type | Local Authority Maintained Schools | Local Authority Maintained Schools | Local Authority Maintained Schools |
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| Ofset report | Outstanding | Good | Good |
| Age range | 5-7 | 3-11 | 4-11 |
| Gender | Co-Ed | Co-Ed | Co-Ed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student teacher ratio | 22.9 | - | 24.8 |
| Proficient Math | - | 111 | 105 |
| Proficient Read | - | 107 | 106 |
| Grade 5 or above GCSE | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above A Level | - | - | - |
| Day Fees | - | - | - |
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
Students Teachers
22 : 1
Student teacher ratio at West Hove Infant School
Local authority ratio 19 : 1