The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You have communicated a clear vision for Brooklands Farm. Your inspirational leadership has provided much needed stability during an extended period of ongoing expansion across both school sites. You motivate your wider team well and ensure that everyone works collaboratively. You have developed a culture at Brooklands Farm where all see themselves as learners. You aspire to grow potential in everyone and keep a keen eye on developing the school’s leaders of tomorrow. Your tenacity in driving those new to teaching to develop rapidly also ensures that everyone is well placed to help pupils to succeed. You are rigorous in researching new and effective ways to help pupils learn. You know your school well and are not afraid to try out different ideas to improve teaching and learning. You are meticulous in checking the effectiveness of any new plans and will adapt them accordingly if they are not working well. Your attention to detail ensures that teaching continues to improve. Parents hold the school in high regard. They say that staff look after their children well and always encourage them to do their best. They value the effective communication there is between school and home, and appreciate how the school’s staff keep them informed about the progress their children make. One parent said, ‘the staff are caring, children are happy, and my child is always excited to go to school.’ Pupils are confident and enjoy learning. They like the various rewards and badges they earn throughout the school that help them behave well and learn effectively. They respect each other and value the strong friendships they have at school. They say that on the rare occasions that bullying happens, teachers deal with it very effectively. Pupils’ achievement is good. For the past three years, the proportion of children leaving the early years well prepared for Year 1 has been above the national average. The proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard in phonics at the end of both Year 1 and Year 2 also exceeds the expected standard. At the end of key stage 1, most pupils meet the expected standards for their age in reading, writing and mathematics. After a slight dip in 2016, you have rightly identified the need to increase pupils’ attainment in key stage 2 so that it is once again above the national average. When the school was last inspected, inspectors noted that pupils made good progress from their various starting points, had mature attitudes, and that teaching was good and sometimes better. You have built upon these strengths and addressed the areas identified for improvement with good effect. You have adapted teaching well to ensure that pupils contribute effectively in lessons and are confident to ask questions. You have ensured that the mathematics leader has developed successful opportunities for pupils to practise their mathematics skills. That said, you are rightly focusing on developing teachers’ ability to better anticipate pupils’ misconceptions in this subject. Safeguarding is effective. Leaders have ensured that arrangements to keep pupils safe are fit for purpose. All records are detailed, accurate and of a high quality. Leaders make sure that, when recruiting staff and volunteers, all appropriate checks are completed. Leaders with responsibility for safeguarding undertake regular, appropriate training. They ensure that all staff know what to do should they have any concerns about pupils’ safety or well-being. When new staff start at Brooklands Farm, relevant safeguarding is part of their induction training. Systems to keep children safe are robust. You have ensured that pupils learn well how to keep themselves safe. For example, in e-safety discussions, pupils know that when using the internet they must keep personal information private. Pupils told inspectors that if they had a concern, they would talk to a trusted adult. Consequently, pupils develop good habits to protect themselves from risk.