The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You have ensured that there are now significant strengths in leadership right across the school and have been honest and frank about the school’s strengths and areas to improve. Your rigorous and robust self-evaluation forms the basis for detailed plans to make further improvements. You have provided a steady and experienced hand in guiding the school through a period of instability in staffing and leadership. Your inspirational and all-encompassing drive and ambition to provide the very best for pupils is infectious. It is clearly reflected in other leaders, governors, teachers and teaching assistants. You have established a dedicated, thoughtful and hardworking senior management team, all skilfully driving improvements in their own area of responsibility. The members of the knowledgeable and passionate governing body are highly motivated to enhance their own effectiveness, and the school business manager plays a key and positive role in many aspects of school life. There is a continuing drive to ensure that all pupils reach their full potential, especially academically, by making the maximum possible progress from their starting points. Over time, pupils have achieved very well, especially at the end of Year 6. In published data, the proportion of pupils reaching standards expected for their age or working at a greater depth of learning has been above that found nationally. The school is regularly in the top 20% of all schools nationally for progress made across key stage 2, especially in reading and mathematics. The proportion of children reaching a good level of development in early years from their low starting points has been steadily rising and now matches that found nationally. You have worked hard to ensure that disadvantaged pupils have the same life chances as other pupils. As a result, the difference between the achievement of disadvantaged pupils and both their classmates and other pupils nationally is diminishing quickly, and indeed is reversed in some year groups. Some differences still do remain, however, as disadvantaged pupils’ progress is behind others. You have effectively addressed areas for improvement identified at the last inspection. As a result of consistently good teaching, the standards pupils attain have risen considerably. Teaching assistants are skilled at supporting pupils’ learning and play a key role in school. You are committed to ensuring that pupils have the necessary skills and knowledge to make a flying start to their next phase of education. This includes improving pupils’ rates of attendance, which have risen considerably over the course of this academic year. A range of rewards and incentives to attend school are bearing fruit, although a number of pupils still take unauthorised holidays in term time. Leaders and teachers have also reviewed and adapted the school’s curriculum to ensure that it meets the needs and interests of pupils. ‘WOW’ weeks at the start of each topic hook pupils’ interests and engagement in learning. New systems are in place to assess pupils’ progress against subject-specific skills. You acknowledge that the tracking of this assessment information is yet to be embedded. Safeguarding is effective. The leadership team has ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. Staff and governor safeguarding training is up to date, including training to ensure that recruitment procedures are watertight. All procedures and records are of good quality and are regularly updated and reviewed by the senior leadership team. The meticulous approach of the school business manager ensures that records and documents are of high quality. An extensive and detailed online system ensures that absolutely nothing is missed that could compromise pupils’ safety and well-being. All staff are vigilant and quick to raise any issue or concern. Senior leaders ensure that discussion around concerns is a standing agenda item at every leadership meeting. Access to well-written policies and guidance ensures that all adults have a secure understanding of their responsibilities for safeguarding pupils. Work completed by the attendance leader and school business manager is having a significantly positive impact on pupils’ well-being and attendance. The curriculum supports pupils well in maintaining their own safety. Pupils have full trust in their teachers and teaching assistants who look after them and report feeling safe all of the time. They are especially knowledgeable about keeping safe online.