The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Leaders and governors have a clear understanding of the school’s performance and use this to plan carefully for the next stage of its development. You work well together towards a shared vision for the school and continually strive to improve. Leaders have maintained the strengths identified at the previous inspection and addressed areas identified for improvement. Consequently, teaching assistants now provide effective support to the pupils whom they work with. This results in these pupils making good progress across a range of subjects. Furthermore, your actions to improve pupils’ progress in writing have been successful. Pupils write widely and for a range of purposes. They regularly apply their grammar skills when writing across the curriculum. Evidence in pupils’ books shows that most pupils make good progress in writing and are working at standards expected for their age. Furthermore, a higher proportion of pupils than previously are working at the ‘greater depth’ standard in writing. Leaders continue to monitor carefully the quality of teaching and learning. This information is used to focus further training sharply on where it is needed. Strong support is provided to help all staff develop, whatever their roles. As a result of these improvements, Year 6 pupils’ attainment in 2017 was above average in reading and broadly average in writing and mathematics. Governors are involved in a range of activities to give them first-hand evidence of the school’s work, including ‘learning walks’ and discussions with pupils. You provide them with comprehensive information about the progress pupils make and how the school is meeting its improvement priorities. As a result, governors are knowledgeable about the school’s strengths and areas for improvement. Your polite and welcoming pupils told me that adults are ready to help them if they have a worry or a concern. In lessons, pupils are keen to do their best and to achieve well. Around school, pupils are well behaved. Pupils told me that they feel safe and that you deal effectively with the rare incidents of bullying. The parents who completed Ofsted’s online questionnaire, Parent View, and sent additional comments, are overwhelmingly positive about the school. The majority of parents would recommend the school to other families. Typical of parents’ comments, one wrote, ‘My child has flourished at this school and the staff make it their concern to know each child, making them feel valued within their school community.’ Safeguarding is effective. Leaders, including governors, ensure that pupils are safe and provide strong pastoral care. You have ensured that safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. The arrangements for checking that staff are suitable people to work with children meet requirements. Staff receive appropriate training, and regular updates ensure that they are well briefed about potential risks to the safety of pupils. As a result, they understand the actions they should take if they are concerned about a pupil’s welfare. The curriculum supports pupils well in maintaining their own safety. They are especially knowledgeable about keeping safe online. Inspection findings The inspection focused on four key lines of enquiry, the first of which related to the achievement of the most able pupils in reading, writing and mathematics in key stage 2. This was because, in 2017, the proportion of pupils at the end of Year 6 who attained the high standard in reading, writing and mathematics was below average. Leaders have also identified this as an area for improvement and were quick to take action this year. Leaders have taken concerted action to develop pupils’ writing skills. Teachers now model writing well. They show greater consistency in teaching key aspects of writing, including the use of spelling, punctuation and grammar, redrafting, and building cohesion in paragraphs. Pupils are given lots of opportunities to write across the curriculum. Teachers’ high expectations also lift the performance of the most able writers.