The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. The strong commitment and dedication you display for the pupils in your school and the wider community you serve are commendable. You are passionate in your determination to provide the very best learning experiences for all your pupils. This enables them to become well-rounded individuals who are equipped with the skills they need for the next stage of their education. Together with your subject leaders, you have crafted your school curriculum to be reflective of your pupils’ needs and interests and reflective of the proud industrial heritage of the local community. You are meticulous in tackling any identified weakness in performance and have addressed the areas identified for improvement at the last inspection successfully. The improvements you have made to the mathematics curriculum are borne out by the pupils’ strong achievements, particularly at key stage 1, and those seen in provisional outcomes at key stage 2 in 2017. You have embedded strong practice which weaves the three elements of mathematical fluency, problem-solving and reasoning equitably through the curriculum. You use your extensive school grounds to enrich your provision. Pupils talked excitedly about ‘wellie week’, where each term pupils learn outdoors, developing their geographical and scientific fieldwork skills, capturing and recording data and analysing the seasonal changes they observe.