The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. The school is well led. It is a stimulating place in which to work and learn. As the newly appointed headteacher, you have established your own senior and middle leadership teams with the aim of increasing leadership capacity. You have instilled a strong team ethic across the school, as shown by the year group and curriculum teams. These new structures have contributed strongly to the recent successful expansion of the school from two-form to three-form entry. You have given priority to ensuring that the environment and management systems underpin the effective running of the school. This is reflected, for instance, in the efficient organisation of playtimes and lunchtimes. You have also made sure that new pupils, parents and carers quickly understand the routines and expectations of the school. One new parent expressed the views of others when she said, ‘Although we are new to the school, it has been very supportive and inclusive.’ The majority of parents who responded to Ofsted’s online questionnaire, Parent View, and those who spoke to inspectors during the inspection expressed positive views about the school. They said that children are safe, happy and well looked after. They also said that you and your staff are visible, approachable and available to sort out any issues they may have. Parents are positive about recent changes to the curriculum. For example, one parent said, ‘The school communicates well with us, sets age-appropriate homework and there are a number of engaging curriculum weeks. Danson always looks for the best in our children.’ Pupils enjoy school. Inspectors spoke with many pupils during the inspection and all confirmed this fact. Pupils value their teachers and others who support their learning. They mostly take pride in their work and are enthusiastic learners. They are well motivated and keen to do well. Pupils understand and can talk about the school’s mission statement to ensure that they are ‘nurtured, believed in, inspired and achieve’. School leaders have successfully addressed the areas for improvement identified in the previous inspection. For example, leaders have improved the learning challenge for all pupils, especially in reading and mathematics. Teachers’ expectations of both the quantity and quality of pupils’ work are high. Teachers provide pupils with helpful ways to consolidate their knowledge and understanding. Training has taken place to support staff in their use of questioning and this was seen as being of high quality and effective during the inspection. In 2018, pupils’ attainment at the end of key stage 2 in reading, writing and mathematics combined was significantly above the national average at 83%. You, the staff and governors have an accurate understanding of the school’s strengths and weaknesses. This analysis is reflected in the school development plan. You have worked successfully to improve pupils’ progress in mathematics. You have also improved reading in the early years through raising the quality of teaching of phonics. Your efforts to improve assessment practice are helping teachers and pupils to be clear about how their learning is progressing and where more help might be needed. Recent work to improve the curriculum is also beginning to have an impact. Safeguarding is effective. The culture of safeguarding in the school is strong. Link governors work with the designated leaders for safeguarding and fulfil their statutory responsibilities. Governors make sure that they keep up to date by attending regular training courses. All members of the senior leadership team have been trained in the role of designated lead. Concerns about pupils’ welfare are carefully logged and appropriately detailed. Safeguarding leaders follow up concerns in a timely manner and escalate them where necessary through effective links with external agencies. Pupils said they feel safe in school and that if they have a concern there is always an adult to help. They said that there is a ‘worry box’ for pupils to use in each class and these are acted upon by class teachers on a regular basis. Pupils confidently speak about how they keep themselves safe online. They are also clear about what to do if they experience bullying; they said this is rare and is always dealt with effectively by an adult.