Pupils enjoy attending this welcoming and happy school. Lantern Academy wants the very best for everyone, and pupils are at the heart of all it does. Staff have high expectations of all pupils. Pupils from Nursery to Year 6 enjoy an exciting and engaging curriculum, and they achieve well. The environment is calm and purposeful. Pupils are proud to belong to this school. They understand the importance of positive behaviour. Pupils benefit from the strong, nurturing relationships they build with staff. They are rightly confident that staff will support them with any worries. Pupils behave well in class and at social times. They are happy, respectful and very well cared for. Pupils embrace all the school has to offer. The ‘safeguarding squad’ is proud of its role, which has led to improvements across the school. The school works closely with a Michelin star chef who promotes healthy eating and well-being with pupils. Pupils have a deep understanding of the school’s values of ‘we respect, we care and we persevere’. These values are central to all that the school does. Pupils explain how these values impact on their actions in and out of school. They understand how they help to make them good citizens.