The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Based on the evidence gathered during this short inspection, I am of the opinion that the school has demonstrated strong practice and marked improvement in specific areas. This may indicate that the school has improved significantly overall. Therefore, I am recommending that the school’s next inspection be a section 5 inspection. Since the last inspection, you and your leaders have continued to focus on school improvement work. This has resulted in the attainment of pupils at the end of key stages 1 and 2 being consistently well above national averages over the last two years. Your actions since the last inspection have enabled you to create a culture of respect and teamwork across the whole school. Since 2016, the leader for early years and two deputy headteachers have left the school. Governors promoted internally your current and experienced deputy headteacher and appointed a new leader for early years. School leaders have invested heavily in the professional development of senior and middle leaders and have appointed knowledgeable staff in key subject leadership positions. As a result, this has strengthened the leadership and management of the school even further and there is great capacity to achieve your aspiration for the school to become outstanding. Together with the leaders of the Red Kite Learning Trust, you have ensured that governance is a real strength of the school. The knowledgeable chair of governors leads the governing body well. Following a comprehensive skills audit, new governors were recruited to strengthen the governing body. Governors have a wide range of skills and expertise and are routinely involved in school life. They provide very effective challenge and support to leaders and know the strengths and weaknesses of the school very well. You and your leadership team have successfully dealt with the areas for improvement identified in the last inspection report. At the last inspection, you were asked to develop further leaders’ skills in monitoring and evaluating the impact of improvement strategies. You were also asked to improve the quality of teaching so that all pupils meet the demands of a more challenging curriculum that stretches the most able pupils. You acted swiftly, reviewed the curriculum and raised the profile of teacher professional development across the school. You ensured that all leaders received appropriate training in using and analysing effectively school assessment information. You raised expectations about the quality of teaching and learning further. Leaders focused strongly on staff development and sharing good and outstanding practice, not only within your school, but also through effective collaborations with other schools in the trust and beyond. You and your senior leaders regularly monitor the quality of teaching. As a result, all teaching across the school is now strong or better and the proportion of pupils achieving the higher standards across key stages 1 and 2 in reading, writing and mathematics continues to increase. At the last inspection, you were also asked to improve communication with parents and carers. You and your leaders reviewed your systems of communication with parents. You increased the opportunities for parents to get involved in school events. You introduced new electronic systems that allow parents to access pupils’ progress information more readily and increased the frequency of parent information evenings. As a result, engagement with parents has improved and parents are better informed about the progress of their children. Safeguarding is effective. You and your leaders have ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose and records are very thorough and detailed. There is a strong safeguarding culture in the school. Staff know the pupils well and the monitoring of pupils’ welfare is meticulous and comprehensive. Together with your senior administration officer, you ensure that you carry out appropriate checks on the suitability of all staff who work with pupils. Your safeguarding governor monitors all areas of safeguarding thoroughly. All staff and governors receive appropriate and up-to-date training in child protection, including the dangers of radicalisation and female genital mutilation. Staff know what to do if they have any concerns about the children and pupils in your school. You and your staff responsible for safeguarding meet frequently and discuss all concerns raised about pupils. As a result, the school shares information with external agencies effectively, and leaders act swiftly and monitor the impact of actions closely.