Pupils are happy. They relish being part of this vibrant school community. Staff take the time to get to know and understand pupils’ additional learning needs. Pupils have extremely strong relationships with staff. Adults care for pupils exceptionally well. This caring approach helps pupils to feel safe in school. Pupils know who to turn to when they need support should they have any worries or concerns. Leaders and staff have high expectations for pupils’ achievement. Adults successfully work together to ensure that pupils grow in confidence during their time at the school. Furthermore, staff skilfully enable pupils to develop a wide range of communication techniques. From their individual starting points, many pupils achieve well across a range of subjects. However, some staff do not have the required subject knowledge to deliver aspects of the curriculum to a consistently high standard. This might hinder these pupils from achieving all that they could in these subjects. Pupils, including the youngest children, learn in a calm, orderly environment. Everyone manages pupils’ behaviour consistently well. Pupils enjoy their social times with each other. Pupils respect each other. On the rare occasion that bullying or unkind behaviour occurs, leaders deal with this straight away. Pupils experience a wide range of high-quality enrichment opportunities. These include going swimming and participating in sporting activities. Pupils also visit the local shop to put their learning into action in a real-life context.