The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. The school has experienced a great deal of staffing turbulence in the last two years. You have made your expectations clear, and shown determination and resolve to improve the quality of teaching. You have made astute choices to move teachers into new areas of responsibility and develop their skills. Consequently, morale in the current staff team is high. There is now a palpable sense of togetherness. The chair of the governing body was appointed in September 2015. Several new governors have joined since then. The governing body is now well equipped to provide you with a good level of both challenge and support. This has been a critical factor in enabling you to raise teachers’ expectations of what pupils can achieve. The school was slow to respond to the curriculum changes that have taken place since the previous inspection. Pupils’ progress was not as strong in 2015 and 2016 as it had previously been, and so their attainment in key stage 2 was lower than in previous years. Working closely with the new chair of the governing body, you have responded decisively to this dip in performance. Provisional results for key stage 2 in 2017 show that pupils’ progress has improved significantly. Standards in reading, writing and mathematics were all above average last year and current pupils are also on track to achieve well. At the same time as raising academic standards, you have managed to maintain the ethos of this small village school. Teachers know their pupils very well. Pupils feel well supported. As a result, they behave well and are thriving. In particular, pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities receive good-quality support and feel included. Some parents expressed concerns about the number of changes of staff in the recent past and said they were dissatisfied with communication from the school. However, inspection evidence shows that at the present time the school has a settled and capable staff group. The majority of parents are happy with the quality of education the school provides and have confidence in the school leadership. The number of pupils on roll is rising, and so the school moved from three to four classes last year. You were asked at the previous inspection to provide pupils with more opportunities to write at length. Many examples of pupils’ extended writing can now be seen around the school. You were also asked to make the improvement planning process more effective. You have achieved this: your improvement plans are now sharper and clearly understood by staff. Following a dip in key stage 1 phonics screening check results in 2016, you have worked to achieve greater consistency in the way early reading skills are taught. Pupils’ reading skills in key stage 1 have improved as a consequence. You correctly identified pupils’ achievement in mathematics as a target for improvement last year. As a result of changes to the key stage 2 mathematics teaching programme, more Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard. However, there is still more to be done to improve pupils’ confidence in mathematics further. Your recent work to improve pupils’ attendance and punctuality has had some success. The overall attendance figure is still below the national average and so you are right to identify this as a priority for the future. Safeguarding is effective. You have ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose and all staff are suitably trained in safeguarding procedures. You maintain detailed records and keep all safeguarding matters under scrutiny. Inspection evidence shows that you have acted decisively where safeguarding concerns are raised. Your communication with outside agencies is timely and effective. Pupils feel safe and are well cared for by staff at school. Pupils receive and understand advice about potential risks and how to stay safe in different situations. These include, for example, the risks associated with using the internet. Pupils respect each other and, consequently, all pupils feel included, no matter what their background. Bullying is very rare, but, when it does happen, teachers deal with it promptly and effectively. An overwhelming majority of pupils said they would recommend this school to others. The majority of parents strongly believe that their child is happy and well looked after at school. Governors and senior leaders ensure that the school site is safe and secure. For example, school leaders, working with the local authority, have quickly taken preventative action in response to subsidence in one part of the Victorian building.