The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. This is a welcoming, friendly and inclusive school where pupils are happy and inquisitive. Despite significant turbulence in terms of staffing and building constraints, you and governors have rightly ensured that pupils, their safety and the progress that they make come first. This means that your actions and vision for improvement are firmly centred on the correct priorities. In 2017, in both key stages 1 and 2, pupils’ outcomes at the expected standard in reading, writing, mathematics and science were above those seen nationally. The proportion of children reaching a good level of development has risen year on year and in 2017 was above the national average. Recommendations from the previous inspection challenged you to improve teaching further. You and other leaders have tackled this requirement diligently: teaching and learning are good. Leaders’ work, staff meetings and training aim appropriately on continually honing adults’ subject skills, knowledge and understanding. Regular monitoring of teaching and learning alongside thorough performance management arrangements mean that staff are held suitably to account for pupils’ progress. Staff are proud to work here. They know what leaders expect of them and they feel valued as well as supported. The previous report also asked you to improve pupils’ progress in writing. Pupils now have frequent opportunities to write at length across the curriculum. Many pupils say that they enjoy writing and get to write about things that interest them. In partnership with the English coordinator, you have made sure that teachers know how to develop pupils’ skills through good-quality training, by sharing best practices and by scrutinising pupils’ writing together. As a result, pupils’ outcomes in writing have improved measurably. In 2017, a higher proportion of pupils in both key stages 1 and 2 met the expected standards in writing, in comparison to other schools nationally. You agree, however, that the most able pupils, including those in the early years, need further challenge to ensure that their progress in writing is as rapid as that of others. Significant changes in staffing recently have led you to restructure adults’ roles and duties. You are supporting staff new to subject and role responsibilities successfully. Staff feel excited about the opportunities presented. You make sure that staff have the time and resources they need to manage their duties effectively. You also ensure that staff have appropriate access to advice and guidance, internally and externally. Some subject leaders’ improvement plans, however, need further refinement. Timelines, specific actions and success criteria are not as clear on some plans as others. Fittingly, you have already identified this as an area for development and are working with adults to review and sharpen their action plans. As per your core purpose, you intend each plan to be a purposeful vehicle to make the improvements needed in terms of pupils’ achievements across the curriculum. Safeguarding is effective. You have a comprehensive understanding of your role in protecting pupils and keeping them safe from harm. You, governors and staff take these responsibilities seriously and have appropriately vigilant attitudes. You have ensured that staff, including those new to school, are suitable to work with children; checks are thorough and well documented. Safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. Pupils say that they feel safe and well cared for. Pupils say that adults are ‘fun and kind’. They are confident that adults in school will listen and support them if they have any worries. Due to building constraints, pupils in Year 4 are currently working with staff in the church hall across the road from the school. You have ensured that the church hall environment is a safe, suitably equipped environment. Year 4 pupils told me that they enjoy this arrangement and do not feel isolated because they can socialise with their friends during breaktimes. They too feel safe and say that adults listen to their opinions and always take time to escort them safely across the road. Staff receive regular training and updates in terms of their duties to protect and care for children. They understand how and to whom they should report any concerns that they may have. Work with external experts and agencies is timely and records are well-maintained. Information about safeguarding and child protection on the school’s website, however, is not up to date or in keeping with the documentation and procedures on-site. You are working with governors to ensure that this discrepancy is swiftly addressed.