The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Your ambition for every pupil to enjoy learning and be successful, and your team’s firm commitment to this vision, is demonstrated in the good progress pupils make across the curriculum. Pupils speak enthusiastically about the learning experiences they have and the care they are given. They are proud of their work and their school. Parents praise you and your team highly for the many opportunities you provide their children, including extra-curricular clubs, and your close attention to the needs of each individual child. You and your team have continued to build on the good quality of teaching and learning in English and mathematics with a curriculum that develops pupils’ knowledge through carefully crafted learning experiences. As a result, the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of key stage 2 has continued to rise. Provisional 2018 results show that this is now similar to the national average in reading, and better in writing and mathematics. Your direction to ensure that the most able pupils are fully supported in making strong progress is paying off. The proportion of pupils reaching a higher standard by the time they leave school is increasing. Your evaluations show that you still have more work to do to ensure that the most able pupils in all year groups make similarly strong progress. During the last inspection, you were tasked with further improving the quality of teaching in mathematics and fostering a greater enjoyment of reading. Your focused analysis and evaluation of pupils’ work in English and mathematics, and the resulting actions for improvement you have taken, have brought positive gains for pupils in these subjects. Your leaders say that ‘reading is at the heart of everything’ in your school. From the dedication given to phonics teaching right from the start, to leaders’ intentions to build pupils’ knowledge through a wide range of high-quality fiction and non-fiction texts, this is apparent. Your carefully considered investment in training and resources, used in school and at home, has enabled pupils to read well and with enjoyment. You acknowledge that helping pupils who struggle with reading to keep up from the very beginning continues to be a priority. In mathematics, current pupils are making good progress. All pupils learn and practise new skills so that they are secure, before applying them to problem-solving tasks. They use resources confidently to support their answers. Leaders told me that the school’s attention to broadening pupils’ vocabulary in English is helping them to reason more effectively in mathematics. I saw and heard evidence of this in lessons. Careful direction from teachers and teaching assistants that challenges the most able pupils is resulting in an increasing proportion of pupils reaching higher standards by the time they leave the school. You are keen to make sure that your team understands the need to constantly adapt the school provision to meet the changing needs of the community. Your team responds quickly to support the large proportion of pupils who come new to the school throughout the year, and those who have English as an additional language. You work closely and successfully with the pre-school. You rightly recognise that while a substantial proportion of children enter early years with skills that are lower than typical for their age, attainment on entry is improving. Far fewer children have starting points which are well below typical for their age than was seen historically. The early years team members make sure that children get off to a strong start. Adults are unafraid to teach young children the basic skills they need to make good progress in reading, writing and mathematics. However, the time children spend in child-initiated activities does not consistently help them to move forward in, or consolidate, their learning. Safeguarding is effective. You and the parent support adviser have developed a well-embedded culture of safeguarding within the school. You have ensured that everyone knows their role and responsibility in keeping pupils safe. Your dedicated team of staff know how to spot concerns and how to report them. They work effectively together and with external agencies, when appropriate, to support the high number of vulnerable pupils and their families. Records of concerns and the actions taken are carefully noted and responded to: they are fit for purpose. The recruitment and induction of new staff is carried out efficiently and effectively. Training and updates are timely and respond effectively to the changing needs of the school and the local area.