Leaders have maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You, your senior leadership team and lead practitioner are all very ambitious for the pupils in your care and passionate to improve the quality of provision at Awbridge. Together you provide drive, vision and inspirational leadership which is recognised and highly valued by pupils, staff, parents and the local authority. Pupils and parents are rightly proud of the school and all that it achieves. Awbridge is a small rural school which offers a nurturing and inclusive community atmosphere. From the Reception class onwards, the habits of good learning are established through your school’s focus on developing key learning skills. You commissioned an artist to develop posters showing engaging squirrel cartoon characters exemplify these attributes in classrooms and around the corridors. Developing this shared language of skills development in school, coupled with a very effective praise and rewards system, has created an aspirational culture in which pupils are keen to excel. Pupils are articulate, confident and display very positive attitudes towards learning, their school and each other. They apply themselves diligently to the tasks they are given and take pride in making their work the best it can be.