The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You have created a culture where all pupils are valued and cared for well. The Christian ethos of the school has strong links to your four core values – ‘creativity, respect, spirituality and belonging’. Staff describe the school as ‘a special place’ and say that strong teamwork has helped the school to continue to improve. Pupils like the links that the school has with the church and think that the school is a welcoming place. You have strengthened the teaching by providing high-quality support to your staff. As a result, pupils across the school make good progress in their learning. Staff value the useful training they have received, which they believe has improved how they teach writing and mathematics. Your leaders’ work to develop a culture in lessons where it is fine for pupils to make mistakes and where hard work is respected has increased pupils’ confidence. This culture has also helped to improve pupils’ outcomes. Disadvantaged pupils and those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities receive good support to help them to improve their work in reading, writing and mathematics. The range of approaches in the curriculum is a strength of the school and pupils enjoy the interesting themes that they learn about. Pupils now have more pride in their work because teachers have encouraged them to improve their presentation. Pupils are keen to learn and behaviour is good. Pupils have a strong understanding of the school’s core values and put these into practice in lessons and around the school by working and playing well together. The last inspection recognised the school’s many strengths, particularly the harmonious relationships between pupils and staff. It also identified a need to encourage pupils to take greater care in their writing and their presentation in all subjects. Another recommendation was for teachers’ planning to take more account of pupils’ needs, so that all of them could work to achieve their full potential. Leaders have addressed these areas effectively so that: pupils now take more care in their writing, and presentation across all subjects has improved teachers now use assessment information more effectively to plan work that focuses on what the pupils need to learn. You and your governors have an ambitious vision which focuses on all pupils achieving equally well, regardless of their prior attainment. You have identified the correct key priorities to improve the school further. You and your subject leaders are taking the right action to address these priorities. You know that pupils will learn better if they have the confidence to take risks and try hard. You and your leaders have already started to work on this by focusing on creating a positive learning environment. However, the most able pupils and those with the potential to achieve higher standards need to be stretched and challenged more to help them make rapid progress. Pupils with low starting points would also benefit from being given more specific guidance and support in lessons. The support you give these pupils needs to focus on their next steps in learning to help them to catch up. Safeguarding is effective. Pupils’ safety is at the forefront of everything that the school does. Pupils feel safe and parents feel that the school looks after their children well. The school’s curriculum includes a range of different opportunities for pupils to learn how to keep themselves safe. Pupils know how to use the internet safely and have also been taught about road safety. They behave sensibly in lessons and around the school. They are supervised well during breaks where they play together sensibly and safely. Staff receive regular and useful training in safeguarding. They discuss pupils’ safety and the needs of vulnerable children in weekly staff meetings. Leaders take swift action to follow up on any concerns raised by staff. The school works effectively with external agencies when necessary. Leaders, including governors, monitor safeguarding arrangements robustly to ensure that the correct procedures are being followed. Leaders carry out an annual safeguarding audit which highlighted strengths in practice last year. Governors monitor health and safety arrangements to ensure that the site and grounds are safe.