The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You have continued to develop a culture of high expectations since taking up your appointment to the school in September 2017. Your commitment to providing a broad curriculum that supports pupils’ personal and academic development equally well is welcomed and much appreciated by the school community. You ensure that the school’s vision of ‘believing, achieving and growing together’ permeates the life of the school. High standards of respect run through your welcoming community where everyone has a voice and is valued. You have the trust of staff, pupils, parents and carers and have been quick to enhance the strong and productive working practices already in place. The school’s continuing success is sustained by the collective contribution made by you, staff, governors, pupils and parents. You, your leadership team and the governors are working very closely together. You are all very clear about what is going well and what needs to improve. You wasted no time in establishing that improvement was needed in the way pupils are assessed and their progress is checked over time. Revised procedures are enabling teachers to identify quickly which pupils need additional help to make good progress, and those pupils who are ready for additional challenges. Taking account of this information, teachers are modifying their planning so that it increasingly reflects precisely what pupils need to learn next. This is ensuring that more pupils are making good or rapid progress this year. You recognise that these procedures need to be kept under review and modified as necessary so that they have the best possible impact on the quality of teaching and pupils’ learning. The overwhelming majority of parents express their full confidence in the school. ‘There is an ethos of respect, friendship and encouragement throughout the school, and I feel welcomed as a parent,’ reflected the views expressed by many parents. They are confident that the school looks after their children well and keeps them safe. Pupils enjoy school. They identify many ‘best things’ about school, including how they are helped to understand how to behave towards one another and their strong friendships. They also appreciate the wide range of activities they engage in during lessons and in after-school clubs. You have high aspirations for pupils and are quick to recognise their efforts, as well as their successes. This approach makes a significant contribution to pupils’ positive self-esteem, their often exemplary behaviour and their confident attitude to learning in lessons. Improvement since the last inspection is evident across the school. At that time, it was noted that subject leaders and governors needed to take a greater role in leading school improvement. The governing body and subject leaders have responded well to good-quality training. Their collective actions are securing improvement. A wide variety of strategies to check the quality of teaching and learning are enabling a swift response to any underperformance seen. Teachers are also working together more closely, sharing best practice and learning from each other. Younger pupils are now encouraged to be curious and to find things out for themselves and, throughout the school, pupils are given time to consolidate their learning in mathematics. Safeguarding is effective. You, your leadership team and governors have ensured that safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. Records are meticulously maintained and any concerns are followed up promptly with other professionals. Staff training is regularly updated so that they remain vigilant and alert to any potential dangers to pupils. You work closely with parents to ensure that pupils are safe. Pupils with very specific needs receive additional, thoughtful and practical support to ensure that they are well cared for while in school. You invest significant time in supporting pupils’ emotional and social development. Pupils reported that they ‘never feel alone’ and ‘grown-ups notice if you are upset or on your own and help you to sort things out’. Their confidence in the school is high and they quickly develop strategies for managing risk to themselves in a range of situations. They have a good understanding of how to keep themselves safe, including when using modern technology. As a consequence of the trusting relationships they develop, pupils feel able to talk about any concerns they may have. They are confident that they would receive support from adults if necessary. Pupils reported that the vast majority of pupils behave well and ‘get on well together’. Incidents of bullying are considered very rare events and fallings-out are ‘usually just misunderstandings’. The school’s calm, tolerant and supportive atmosphere allows pupils to focus on their learning and to enjoy the company of their friends.