The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Since your appointment in 2016, you have created a forward-thinking, ambitious culture within the school. You have been uncompromising in your belief that pupils and staff deserve the very best that Belle Vue Primary School can offer. You are deeply proud of the school and the position that it holds within the community. As a consequence, you have earned the respect of staff, parents and pupils. The governing body is experienced and dedicated. Governors offer well informed and effective challenge to both you and your leadership team. This is because they have undertaken a broad range of training to develop their skills. You have a strong team of leaders who work hard to ensure that the school continues to improve. Leaders know the school well and share your vision for pupils. This is encapsulated in your school’s aim to ‘develop the skills that ensure a lifelong love of learning’. There is a welcoming and happy atmosphere in your school. This is because staff feel valued. During the inspection, members of staff that I spoke to were keen to tell me that you always have time to talk to them and to listen. Members of staff greatly appreciate the opportunities that you provide for them to undertake professional development. They use such opportunities in an effective manner to offer a curriculum for pupils which is broad, balanced and exciting. In the previous inspection, the report highlighted the strength of pupils’ behaviour, noting how considerate and polite they were. My observations in school confirm that such strengths have been maintained. Inspectors also highlighted some areas for further development. First, that leaders should ensure that activities are carefully planned to match pupils’ different learning needs. You have worked hard to address this issue. An assessment and tracking system has been introduced to ensure that work is challenging for pupils. Leaders and teachers undertake regular meetings to discuss the progress of all groups of pupils. As a consequence, all teachers are able to plan effectively and ensure that additional activities are put in to place to support the needs of any pupils not on track to meet their targets. The previous inspectors also noted that pupils’ speaking skills required further development. This has been addressed most successfully. Your pupils are articulate and confident speakers. This is because teachers ensure that curricular activities provide pupils with a broad range of opportunities to develop their speaking skills. This includes activities such as partnership work in class, school council meetings and visiting older members of the community to sing and talk with them. Most recently, pupils from Year 6 performed a play by William Shakespeare at a local theatre. Finally, inspectors in 2012 noted that early reading skills required further development. This was to be undertaken by teaching pupils a wider range of reading strategies. Much progress has been made in this area. You have created a literacy-rich environment throughout school which promotes and celebrates reading. You ensure that all teachers follow a consistent approach when teaching phonics. A wide selection of books have been purchased to enable parents to support their children’s learning at home. As a result, children’s performance in reading at a good level of development at the end of the Reception class has increased considerably. It is now above that seen nationally. Similarly, pupils’ achievement in the phonics screening test at the end of Year 1 has increased year by year to a level which, in 2017, was above the national average. We discussed areas where further work is required to support school improvement. Although much progress has been made in the teaching of reading in the early years and Year 1, we agreed that further work is now required to ensure that the most able pupils in key stage 1 and key stage 2 are further challenged to ensure that a larger proportion reach the higher levels in their learning. Additionally, we agreed that the new system for teaching mathematics should be shared across all classes to ensure a more consistent approach to teaching. This will support pupils in reaching the expected and the higher levels by the end of key stage 2. Safeguarding is effective. The leadership team ensures that all safeguarding arrangements are of a high standard. Your school site is safe and secure and visitors are carefully checked on entry. You provide visitors with leaflets on safeguarding and fire safety procedures. Staff and governors undertake a broad range of safeguarding training. This ensures that they understand their role in keeping pupils safe. Almost all parents who responded to Parent view, Ofsted’s online survey, said that they felt their children were safe and well looked after at school.