This is a school that is built on a strong foundation of mutual respect. Pupils benefit from high-quality pastoral support. There are strong relationships between staff and pupils. For example, around the school, staff greet pupils warmly and offer words of encouragement. This helps pupils to understand that staff care for them. The school has high expectations of all pupils’ academic achievement. With a strengthened curriculum, pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are now learning more successfully, in most subjects, than they did in the past. Pupils’ wider development is carefully considered through a raft of exciting opportunities such as workshops with visiting poets, trips to outward bound centres and involvement in local community projects. Pupils spoke excitedly about the upcoming whole-school production. There is a consistent approach across the school to how behaviour is managed. Staff model the positive behaviour that they expect of pupils. Pupils behave politely and courteously. Most follow the school’s routines appropriately. There is a real culture of praise in this school. ‘Proud Thursday’ is just one of the ways that pupils’ work and effort is celebrated. Over time, pupils’ aspirations are rising. They are happy in school.