The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Since your appointment in September 2016, you have continued the ethos of ‘caring and happy, purposeful and peaceful’ while jointly achieving success within the diverse community you serve. You have introduced greater rigour and accountability in teaching to ensure that pupils flourish and reach their full potential. Leaders have worked tirelessly to build stronger relationships with parents. This has been a positive shift and parents make the most of the opportunities for them to volunteer to support the school, as well as to share any concerns with staff. As a result, pupils gain from enriching experiences and parents are more confident in supporting their children. This helps the pupils to settle well in school. The breadth of the curriculum has improved since the last inspection. You have made sure that pupils use their English and mathematical skills to full advantage within the foundation subjects. Some of the best examples of this were seen in the work of Year 3 pupils who were analysing bar graphs to identify patterns in science and plot coordinates accurately in geographical map work. Likewise, the Year 6 pupils were writing formal reports on historical events effectively. Their good understanding and skills prepare pupils well for moving on to secondary school. Equally, it helps pupils to understand that what they are learning has meaningful real-life applications. You have focused relentlessly on improving the quality of teaching and pupils continue to make good progress. You are ably assisted by a deputy headteacher, and two middle leaders responsible for English and mathematics. These experienced leaders are making significant improvements to pupils’ reading, writing and mathematical knowledge. However, there are still issues with the presentation of pupils’ work and there are too many careless errors that go unchecked. You and your middle leaders are aware that there is more to do to ensure that pupils in each year group are making progress that reflects their potential and presenting flawless work. Together, you have put support and action plans in place to ensure this happens rapidly. Safeguarding is effective. You are vigilant in securing effective safeguarding arrangements and you are proactive in your relationships with external agencies to ensure this happens swiftly. You are resolute in your care for the health and safety of the pupils in the school and have made sure that all staff hold the same principles. This has created a positive culture of safety. All safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose and child protection records are detailed and of high quality. The safeguarding policy is very comprehensive. Staff are trained in how to keep pupils safe from abuse, sexual exploitation, and from the influence of radical or extreme views. Staff work sensitively with parents and external agencies to monitor and support any vulnerable pupils. Pupils feel safe and are taught well how to stay safe. Inspection findings At the start of the inspection, we agreed on the areas that would be considered. Initially, we investigated the improvements made to guarantee better outcomes for the disadvantaged pupils and those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Your external review of the work of the special educational needs department provided valuable validation of their work. It identified what was successful and what aspects needed to improve. This has been embraced well by the special educational needs coordinator and her team of teaching assistants. For example, communication with parents has improved. Opportunities are timetabled for parents to come into school, where they are given explicit tips on how to further support their children with their learning. Parents spoke highly of this provision. You and your deputy headteacher have made staff more aware of disadvantaged pupils’ needs and how to eliminate the barriers that hinder their learning. Through individually targeted teaching and tracking, these pupils are now doing as well as other pupils nationally. The spending of pupil premium funding is monitored well.