The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You are highly committed to providing the best for your pupils, many of whom come to your school with a range of needs. You work hard to successfully create a warm and caring atmosphere. You take pains to ensure that the school environment is well kept and inviting. You have drawn up an action plan for improving the school’s performance. This correctly identifies the areas that need development. These include increasing the proportion of children achieving a good level of development at the end of the Reception Year and encouraging better attendance. However, you acknowledge that you need to be clearer about how you will measure whether your actions have had an impact on pupils’ achievement. You have successfully addressed most of the areas for improvement that were identified in the last inspection report. The quality of teaching has improved and all pupils make good or better progress. In English and mathematics, the proportion of pupils who now reach the expected standard or better in Year 2 and Year 6 is typically close to or above the national average. Pupils’ basic literacy skills have improved considerably and your new handwriting scheme ensures a more consistently neat style. Pupils’ understanding of English grammar, punctuation and spelling by the end of Year 6 is strong. In 2017, nearly three quarters of pupils achieved the higher standard in the test at the end of key stage 2. You have developed successful strategies to bring about these improvements. These include, for instance, organising exciting visits to support pupils’ learning and the provision of an ‘immersion room’, where pupils are surrounded by images that stimulate ideas to help them improve their writing. You have also introduced new approaches to teaching mathematics, using new resources to support pupils’ learning and providing more opportunities for pupils to solve problems and use their reasoning skills. Subject leaders now carry out more checks on the quality of teaching and learning. They devise plans that have appropriate targets and actions for developing their subject. However, you accept that they do not include a precise enough explanation of the intended impact of their actions on pupils’ achievement. I spoke with a small group of parents and carers who were highly supportive of the work of the school. Almost all parents who responded to Parent View, Ofsted’s online survey, were very positive about the school. They are pleased with the progress of their children and say that staff are caring and easy to approach. My discussion with staff who are not senior leaders indicates that they are very positive about the school. They appreciate the training that you provide for them and feel that it improves their performance. For example, they enjoy the programme of developmental work they do in groups of three, known as ‘triads’, which enables them to improve their teaching methods by observing each other in turn and feeding back strengths and areas to improve. The consortium working on behalf of the local authority to provide support for the school carries out its role effectively. Advisers have a ‘light-touch’ involvement with the school and know the school’s strengths and priorities well. Safeguarding is effective. The leadership team has ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose and records are detailed and of high quality. In your role as designated safeguarding lead, you make prompt referrals when necessary to appropriate agencies, such as children’s services. The school’s record of required checks on members of staff is complete and complies with government guidance. There is a strong culture of safeguarding in the school. Your staff have warm relationships with pupils and know them well. They also have a secure understanding of safeguarding processes because they have undertaken effective training. They know how to recognise signs of abuse. Pupils feel safe in the school and know, for example, how to protect themselves from the risks associated with the internet. This is because adults give them the information they need to stay safe.