The leadership team has maintained and built on the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Parents surveyed during the inspection were overwhelmingly positive about their children’s school experiences. They praised leaders and teachers, the friendly atmosphere and effective communication. Since your appointment in 2012, you have introduced rigorous systems for checking the quality of teaching and pupils’ achievement. You have prioritised the development of senior and middle leaders. These actions enable you to fulfil a strategic role as the executive headteacher of two schools, while maintaining standards and securing further improvement at Kiveton Park. The last inspection identified three areas for improvement. The first was to ensure that all teaching is consistently good. The quality of teaching across the school is indeed consistently strong because teachers understand what pupils already know and can do, so set work that moves pupils on in their learning. However, teachers could challenge the most able pupils even further. Inspectors identified the need to develop the role of middle leaders in checking on the quality of teaching. Middle leaders, under your direction and with the assistance of the head of school, are keeping a sharp eye on aspects of teaching that can be further improved. The second area for improvement identified at the last inspection was to develop the curriculum to enrich the pupils’ experience. The curriculum has improved greatly in its breadth and balance. Pupils enjoy learning across the full range of national curriculum subjects. In addition, pupils benefit from a wide range of enrichment activities, including regular visits to places of interest to broaden their experience. The breadth of the curriculum and the good work pupils produce are evident in the stimulating, well cared for environment. The final area inspectors identified for improvement was to develop the role of the governing body. Governance is strong. Collectively, governors have a broad range of appropriate skills and experience that helps them to fulfil their duties. They ask challenging questions to hold leaders to account. Leadership and governance could be further improved by ensuring that you include more precise milestone measures of success in the strategic plan, to help governors concentrate more sharply on the impact of leaders’ actions. Safeguarding is effective. The leadership team has ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose and that records are detailed and of high quality. Leaders carry out checks prior to adults working or volunteering in school, to make sure that the adults are suitable to work with children. Staff know what to do when they have concerns that a child is, or may be, at risk of harm. They are diligent in reporting their concerns. Leaders make referrals to appropriate agencies where necessary and follow them up to make sure that timely action is taken. You have worked with contractors to ensure that pupils are safe from harm while the current building work takes place on the school site. Inspection findings You have trained and coached senior and middle leaders, involving them in checking the quality of teaching and pupils’ progress. You and other leaders have a complete picture of the strengths and areas for development in each teacher’s practice, based on the checks leaders carry out. This has enabled you to provide the right training for teachers and to set challenging targets for them to reach. Middle leaders are becoming more independent in their responsibilities, allowing you to concentrate on leading both of the schools for which you are responsible.