The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. The leadership team has remained the same since the previous inspection. You work closely together with the assistant headteacher and other leaders to identify the key issues and strengths of the school. The school improvement plan is focused sharply on your accurate understanding of what the school needs to develop further. For example, you are have improved the effectiveness of middle leaders and the quality of teaching and learning across the school. The school is currently in discussion with other schools about establishing a more formal working collaboration through a multi-academy trust. You and the governors are realistic about the need to plan carefully for this conversion and the need to evaluate the impact of a potential increased workload on leaders’ capacity. You have a clear vision for the school’s future. You are ambitious for improving further outcomes for all pupils. The assistant headteacher supports you well. He is the Year 6 class teacher and provides an effective model for other teachers across the school. He is also the mathematics leader and is working with the English leader to improve teaching across the school. You have worked with external advisers to improve the quality of teaching still further. As a result, the progress pupils make in writing across the school has increased. You, together with your team, have made progress towards addressing the areas for improvement identified at the previous inspection. You have developed the early years outside area. Children were observed making good use of the different areas to develop writing, act out stories through role play and build towers of different heights with building blocks. Progress in mathematics for the pupils leaving Year 6 in 2016 was in line with the national average. Pupils talk confidently about using information technology and they understand how to keep themselves safe online. You regularly check the progress of every pupil at the school and you have a detailed knowledge of their strengths and areas to improve. You hold teachers to account for the progress of each pupil through regular meetings. You have reviewed the use of the school assessment system so as to better identify pupils who are not making the expected progress. The teachers adapt their plans and teaching to better meet the pupils’ needs. In pupils’ books, there is evidence of pupils making further progress. Pupils are courteous, well-mannered and welcoming. Their behaviour around the school is good. From our joint visits to classrooms and discussions with pupils, it is clear that pupils understand the school’s expectations. Pupils listen carefully to teachers and remain focused on their learning. Pupils told me that, on the few occasions when their peers behave inappropriately, adults intervene effectively to ensure that school expectations are maintained. There have been no exclusions over the last three years. Members of the governing body have an accurate knowledge of the school’s strengths and areas for improvement. They are focused on improving the standards of writing to replicate the success in reading and mathematics. They receive regular reports from you about the school’s improvement actions and ask challenging questions about how pupils are progressing and attaining in their learning. Safeguarding is effective. Staff take their safeguarding responsibilities seriously. Staff and governors have all attended up-to-date safeguarding training, which has included issues surrounding radicalisation and extremism. You update staff regularly on changes of policy and practice, and they know what to do if they have a concern about a child. Pupils are taught how to keep safe online and about cyber issues, such as cyber bullying. There is a prominent display in the entrance to the school promoting the importance of safeguarding at the school. As a result of the school’s safeguarding culture, pupils say that they feel safe and know who to speak to if they have any concerns. The chair of the governing body regularly checks safer recruitment documents.