The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Following the recent retirement of the previous longstanding headteacher, you have skilfully steered the school through a period of uncertainty and instability. You have ensured that the absence of a number of members of staff has had minimal impact on the quality of teaching in school. You have also overseen the successful recruitment of a new deputy headteacher. Parents hold you in high regard. It is clear that you know the school extremely well. You are open and honest about the school’s strengths, but also the areas in which improvements are needed. The school improvement plan is detailed and clear, and tackles areas of weakness head-on. You are already having a positive effect by planning and setting in motion actions which will improve pupils’ learning experiences. These include an ongoing review and overhaul of the curriculum to ensure that subject-specific skills are planned and taught effectively, as well as developing teachers’ and pupils’ understanding of links between subjects. Over time, pupils have achieved well, especially at the end of Year 6. In published statutory data, the proportion of pupils reaching standards expected for their age or working at a greater depth of learning has been above that found nationally. The proportion of children reaching a good level of development in early years has been steadily rising and is now also above that found nationally. Although new systems are in place to assess and track current pupils’ progress and achievement, you acknowledge that assessments need to be completed more regularly and that further work is required to ensure that they fully inform teachers of pupils’ progress.