The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. As principal, you are resilient and steadfast in your quest to provide the best quality of education for pupils of Halton, Wykebeck and beyond. Leaders, including governors, have an accurate understanding of the strengths and areas needing development at the school. There is capacity within the current senior and subject leadership teams to identify and quickly address the weaknesses in the school’s provision. The school is now benefiting from more stable staffing. Roles and responsibilities of staff and leaders continue to be reviewed. In this way, you believe that the school is in a strong position to push on and improve. Inspectors agree. The quality of pupils’ personal development, behaviour and welfare is a significant strength. Pupils are effectively supported by an array of staff who consider and support all aspects of pupils’ safety, welfare and personal development. Well-trained staff offer regular counselling sessions and one-to-one advice and guidance. For example, pupils have direct access to a safer school’s police officer who is based in school. One pupil spoke for others when saying: ‘We feel lucky to attend this school. The teachers really want the best for us.’ Throughout the inspection, pupils were polite, engaged willingly in conversation and were eager to share their opinions in a mature manner. The school’s own information, and first-hand evidence from pupils, demonstrates that instances of poor behaviour are rare. The proportion of pupils who are excluded for a fixed-period or permanently is well below the national average.