The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You, staff and governors make sure that pupils, parents and grandparents feel welcome. ‘There is a real family feel with all of the children being cheerful, polite and helping each other throughout all years of the school’ and ‘Coton Green is a good school which takes great pride in the nurturing and progress of its pupils’, were just two of the views expressed by parents on the Ofsted online questionnaire. These views were also echoed by parents and grandparents who spoke with me at the start of the school day. You are a reflective leader who is honest about the school’s strengths and areas for development. Since your appointment in 2013, you and other senior leaders have responded well to suitable support from local authority advisers and consultants. You have encouraged local headteachers to work with you to evaluate pupils’ learning at Coton Green. This combined support has had a beneficial impact. You and the staff, for instance, have made notable improvements to provision in the Reception classes and the teaching of reading. Last year, the overall proportion of children that achieved a good level of development by the end of Reception increased markedly and was above the national figure. Nevertheless, the teacher with responsibility for the early years rightly identified that boys did not achieve as well as girls.