Children embarking on their school career at Bolton School are outperforming their peers nationally in reaching  a good level of development.

The recent annual Department for Education report on assessments of children’s development in the summer term of their reception year shows that at Bolton School 91 percent of children make the top grade, called a Good Level of Development (GLD).

Nationally this figure is 67.2 percent.

Mrs Jo Field, the Head of Infant School, said: ‘The high GLD figure at Bolton School has been achieved by experienced, highly skilled and dedicated teachers creating learning opportunities to engage and excite our youngest learners from the moment they arrive at Beech House.

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“Baseline assessment data at the start of reception, daily interactions, observations, and planned assessments throughout the year lead to targeted teaching and interventions to ensure our children make excellent individual progress.

‘We are particularly proud of the writing development we provide for our Early Years children, which has resulted in writing profiles far exceeding local and national percentages.

The three prime areas of learning for reception children at Bolton School are: communication and language, personal, social and emotional development, and physical development.

Mrs Field said: “These areas are particularly important for children’s healthy development and are the basis for successful learning in the other four specific areas of learning: literacy, mathematics; understanding the world, and expressive arts and design.”