The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the previous inspection. You are providing strong and purposeful leadership by raising standards across the school since the last inspection, including in the early years, by establishing a clear ethos for teaching, learning and good behaviour across the school. You have addressed the areas for improvement since the previous inspection effectively, especially in improving the learning and achievement of higher-attaining pupils, and improving pupils’ writing across the school. In all classrooms, examples of all pupils’ best writing were on display, and you are promoting their writing effectively through a weekly award for the best writer across the curriculum. As a result, pupils’ attainment in reading, writing and mathematics has been above average by the end of key stages 1 and 2 for the past three years. The proportion of children reaching a good level of development has also been consistently above average for the past three years. Your staff are continuing to ensure that pupils across the school are making good progress in reading, writing and mathematics. You have implemented a new curriculum and are developing pupils’ enjoyment of learning by providing a broad range of subjects and experiences to capture their interests, such as forest schools and ‘wow days’. However, you have yet to determine the full impact of the curriculum on the progress pupils are making across the wide range of subjects on offer. Leaders are ensuring that the curriculum is promoting pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, including fundamental British values, well, particularly through a strong Christian ethos and links with the local church. Pupils are developing an appreciation of other cultures and religions through well-chosen topic work. Pupils’ behaviour continues to be good and their above-average attendance and good punctuality reflect their enjoyment of school and positive attitudes to learning. You have strengthened links with parents, who have every confidence in the work of the school. This is reflected in their positive responses to the Ofsted online questionnaire, Parent View, and in their free-text responses during the inspection. One parent typically wrote: ‘Bergholt primary is a well-managed school; the staff are all very friendly and helpful and it’s lovely to see the headteacher and deputy head outside each morning to greet parents and pupils when they arrive at the school.’ You are ably supported by your deputy headteacher in ensuring that there is a strong culture for teaching, learning and good behaviour across the school. Staff share your commitment to continuous improvement, working together as a team. Their morale is good. This is reflected in the very positive responses from staff, all of whom are proud to work in the school, in their online questionnaires. You have developed strong links with local schools to share best practice. Strong links with the local high school enable pupils in Year 6 to transfer smoothly to secondary school when they leave. Your governors are providing strong support for the school and have a first-hand view of its work through regular visits. They are rigorous in holding leaders to account for the school’s work. They make sure that all legal requirements are met and policies are up to date. The work of school leaders, with effective support and challenge from governors, has strengthened the capacity of the school to improve on its journey towards becoming an outstanding school. Safeguarding is effective. Leaders and governors are making sure that the school’s policies and procedures for safeguarding pupils are fit for purpose. The school is implementing a strong culture of safeguarding across the school, including in the early years. The well-being and safety of pupils lies at the heart of everything you do and is promoted effectively through the curriculum. Staff work closely with parents and outside agencies to promote the safety and well-being of pupils. You ensure that all training in child protection is up to date, and you carry out thorough checks on the suitability of staff and visitors to work with pupils. Staff provide good opportunities for pupils to learn how to use equipment, including the internet, safely. As a result, pupils stay safe and guard themselves from the potential dangers of the internet. Staff maintain high levels of supervision throughout the day and are thoroughly assessing all potential risks to pupils’ safety. Consequently, pupils play safely in the playground and move in an orderly fashion from one part of the school to another. Parents, staff and pupils agree that bullying is rare. Pupils stay safe and are happy in school.