Spotlight: Developing pupils’ independent skills

From an early age, staff encourage all pupils to be highly independent in their learning. They organise environments carefully to enable pupils to access helpful resources without support and share useful strategies for pupils to use if they find something difficult. Staff take account of pupils’ interests and encourage them to develop their individual ideas and creativity. They routinely encourage pupils to reflect on their work and help each other when needed. Consequently, throughout the school, most pupils show high levels of independence and engagement in their learning.

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