The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You lead a dedicated and determined senior team, which has been key to the school‟s continued improvement since the last inspection. You lead in a calm, open and collegiate way, which brings out the best in your team. Senior leaders are ably supported by middle leaders who help to hold staff accountable for pupils‟ achievement. Strong leadership at all levels has ensured that systems to improve the quality of teaching, behaviour and support for pupils are efficient and effective. Leaders are well supported by governors as a result of the positive and professional relationship that has been forged. This has enabled governors to provide the right balance of support and challenge to leaders. They understand the importance of holding leaders to account. Consequently, governors ensure that they receive the information necessary to understand fully the performance of different groups of pupils. They check the information provided by leaders by consulting other sources, such as reports from external consultants. Governors take full advantage of training to ensure that they ask the right questions of leaders. Effective leadership has helped to foster greater consistency of teaching practice among staff. Leaders have provided individual staff with targeted training opportunities that are closely aligned to the school‟s priorities. This has enabled different teaching approaches to flourish. Together with close monitoring of underperformance and prompt intervention, these strategies have had a positive impact on pupils‟ achievement. No less importantly, leaders have continued to nurture a school culture, underpinned by its Christian faith, in which all pupils feel valued as individuals. Staff promote qualities such as kindness, forgiveness and tolerance. As you told me, „Love is our core value.‟ As a result, pupils receive a high level of support for their emotional, behavioural and social needs. This is particularly true for vulnerable pupils for whom close liaison is required with external agencies such as the local authority. Staff „go the extra mile‟ to ensure that these pupils receive the support they deserve. At the beginning of the inspection, we agreed on the key lines of enquiry to be considered during the day. These included establishing the effectiveness of actions taken to raise achievement for pupils in mathematics and writing at key stage 2. We also considered whether attainment was rising in key stage 1 and whether disadvantaged children in the early years are making more comparable progress to that of their peers. Finally, we considered whether safeguarding is effective. These lines of enquiry are considered below under „Safeguarding‟ and „Inspection findings‟. Safeguarding is effective. Members of the designated safeguarding team are fully aware of their responsibilities. They understand the need for straightforward procedures, efficient record-keeping and close monitoring of vulnerable pupils. All staff receive appropriate training; they know when and how to make referrals if they have concerns about pupils. Detailed referral records, which outline clearly the chronology of events, are now kept securely online. Checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work in the school are fit for purpose. Staff and governors have also had recruitment training to ensure that staff who apply to join the school are suitable to work with children. Governors conduct their own checks to satisfy themselves that safeguarding is effective. This includes speaking to staff to ensure that they know how and when it is appropriate to make a referral. They also speak to pupils about their perceptions of safety and ensure that day-to-day practice reflects policies. Pupils know how to keep themselves safe and manage risk, particularly with regard to staying safe online. Pupils who spoke with me were able to provide good advice for staying safe online, such as never revealing personal details to strangers. All the pupils I spoke with also reported that they feel safe in school. They said that behaviour is good and there are staff they would happily speak to if they were worried about anything. These pupils reported that there is very little bullying in the school and that it is speedily dealt with when it does occur. The majority of parents who responded to the online survey Parent View support this view.