The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Scole Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a school where learning is central and is, as pupils told me, ‘always interesting and fun’. Since your appointment as headteacher in September 2016, you have continued to build upon the school’s strengths so that pupils achieve well. You have established a strong team that supports each other well. All adults in the school feel valued and respected, and feel that they play a significant role in moving the school forward. This was demonstrated by the different adults, teachers and teaching assistants who volunteered information to me during the inspection to show the school’s many strengths. You check the quality of teaching and learning regularly and so have an accurate understanding of the school’s strengths and areas for improvement. Your plans for improvement are sensible and methodical and you can show the impact of these. For example, you were able to show that the school has successfully addressed the area for improvement identified by the previous inspection, which was to reduce the difference between the achievement of boys and girls in English and mathematics. You are determined to ensure that the school is outward looking, drawing on best practice beyond the school and establishing good links with local schools, for example to moderate teachers’ assessment judgements and to facilitate smooth transitions for pupils to high school. Governors support leaders well. They visit often, for example to visit lessons or to look at the impact of changes such as when ‘choose by challenge’ was introduced. They monitor spending, for example considering how to alter staffing with reductions in funding while maintaining high standards. Governors know how funding for disadvantaged pupils has been spent. However, they have not ensured that current plans for pupil premium funding are sufficiently well tailored towards the individual needs of the pupils for whom it is provided. Governors discuss pupil achievement regularly and check that pupils are making good progress. They question you about steps taken, for example to improve attendance for some pupils and the impact of actions taken. Teaching is good because teachers think carefully about how to make learning engaging and interesting. For example, pupils were developing their skills in writing instructions and this was put into the context of explaining how to make a Viking sheep mask, which they had made previously. Teachers use questioning well to check on pupils’ understanding and knowledge, pitching different questions according to pupils’ abilities. Teachers and teaching assistants work very well together, so that pupils treat all adults as their teachers. Teachers’ expectations are high; they insist that work is well presented and mark work carefully in line with the school’s policy. Teachers provide time for pupils to correct and edit their work, especially their writing, so that they are able to improve it further. The curriculum is broad and interesting with lots of additional opportunities for learning. Pupils told me about the many different clubs they are able to take part in such as archery, lacrosse and gardening. They said that there are many sporting activities provided for all ages and abilities and as a result the school has achieved the quality mark for physical education. Trips, including residential trips, are used well to promote learning and to develop pupils’ social skills. Visitors such as Bhangra dancers extend pupils’ knowledge of the wider world. Pupils learn about other faiths and cultures, and one pupil told me that ‘It’s ok to be different but really we are all the same and should be treated with respect.’ Pupils are rightly proud of their school. One pupil told me, ‘The teachers always help you,’ and another said that teachers ‘make sure that you are learning’. Pupils said that everyone is friendly at school and that there are rarely arguments or disagreements. Pupils enjoy taking on additional responsibilities such as leading buddy groups and setting up for assemblies. Pupils behave very well in lessons. They enjoy working together and individually, and are eager to show adults their work and talk about their learning. Most pupils are very keen to come to school and attend regularly. You promote good attendance, for example by giving certificates for the best attenders and talking with parents about the importance of regular attendance at school. However, you are aware that there are still a few pupils who are absent too frequently. Parents are mostly highly supportive of the school. Only a small number of parents responded to Ofsted’s online questionnaire. Of these, the majority agreed that their child is happy in school and makes good progress. Typical of the comments received was that by a parent who said, ‘My child receives a high quality and enjoyable education at this school and I would highly recommend it to any parent.’ The school’s own questionnaire, issued shortly before the inspection, indicated that almost every parent is happy with the school and the progress their child is making.