The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You and the staff have created an exceptionally nurturing and caring school where all pupils are welcome. The 52 parents who contacted Ofsted during the inspection were universally positive about the school. One parent wrote: ‘All my children have loved attending the school; they go in laughing and full of tales of the exciting things they have learned and done.’ Pupils enjoy school. One pupil remarked: ‘I am really excited about walking to school because I get to see my friends and teachers.’ Another pupil said she liked being at the school because ‘We look after each other.’ In collaboration with the deputy headteacher, your strong leadership has had a direct impact on standards. You share responsibility for checking the quality of teaching and its impact on outcomes by visiting classes regularly and collecting information about pupils and their learning. You draw well on support from others, including the local authority, to moderate your judgements. This enables you to focus sharply on areas for improvement and is having a positive impact on the progress of current pupils. You have systems and processes for using this information to try to ensure that leaders and teachers have a clear direction for improvement. However, these systems are not reflected upon regularly enough so that some of the recorded information you keep is out of date and therefore not relevant. Pupils’ attainment in the school at the end of key stage 1 dipped below the national average in 2016. Your planned actions have led to rapidly improving outcomes for current pupils. Evidence of pupils’ progress in lessons and in books supports the accuracy of the school’s current in-year information. This shows that the majority of pupils are currently on course to reach the national average this year. There are also improving outcomes at the end of Reception, where the proportion of children reaching a good level of development was close to all pupils nationally in 2016. Effective leadership in early years is ensuring that children get a good start to their school life. Adults work well with individuals and groups, and learning is planned to ensure that children make good progress in all areas of their learning. A good example of this was seen during the inspection, when teaching assistants in Nursery and Reception were supporting the early development of writing. A range of strategies, including making meaningful marks on whiteboards, painting and the use of a range of writing instruments, are helping to develop fine motor skills. You have established improved systems for subject leadership across the school, so that teams of teachers and governors take responsibility for subjects and areas of development in school. This is helping staff to develop their professional expertise and governors to have a good knowledge of how these changes are improving pupils’ outcomes. You have addressed the previous areas for improvement identified at your most recent inspection. Pupils across the school now make good progress in writing because they have good opportunities to engage in writing across the curriculum. Examples in Year 2 show the enthusiasm and motivation with which pupils tackled expanding nouns to describe a character from their class book. The very small numbers of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported by staff and they make good progress throughout the school. Pupils enjoy the range of enrichment activities offered by the school, in particular the Monday lunchtime multi-sports club, which they enthusiastically referred to as their favourite playtime of the week. Safeguarding is effective. Pupils’ well-being is central to the life of the school. The school’s strong ethos and nurturing environment support the personal development of all pupils. Pupils spoke knowledgeably during the inspection about the ways that they can stay safe in a range of situations, including personally and online. Parents feel that you and the staff keep their children safe and well looked after. Pupils are very happy and eager to come to school.