The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Following your appointment, you have worked tirelessly to improve pupils’ education. When you know something needs changing you go all out for it! You are well organised, thorough and passionate about the school and its community. Parents, governors and staff value your leadership and understand that you know your school well. They appreciate your honesty about the school and know you uphold its Christian values. One parent said, ‘The headteacher has brought community spirit back after a number of years in the wilderness.’ Staff are proud to work at the school. They value your leadership and fully support you in your desire to develop the school still further. Alongside your deputy, you have given subject leaders confidence in their work. They are enthusiastic and have developed their subjects systematically, training other staff and sensibly using expert advice where necessary. This has led to improvements in the quality of the curriculum, coverage of subjects, teachers’ knowledge and pupils’ desire to learn more. Leaders are developing links between the skills learned in English and mathematics and the work in other curriculum areas. This is happening more quickly in English than in mathematics and is not yet consistent throughout all years. Pupils enjoy school and talk positively about what they are learning. They enjoy the topics they study and find the work interesting. One pupil said, ‘Teachers make you confident to go further and do things you haven’t done before.’ Pupils appreciate the support the teachers give them and know that they will get help if they need it. Pupils say that teachers expect them to work hard and challenge them to do well. They appreciate all the activities on offer, clubs, fundraising and responsibilities such as playtime buddies and members of the school council. They are particularly proud of the large sum of money they raised to restock the school library. Pupils’ behaviour is very good. They play together cooperatively and enjoy the playtime activities provided for them, such as races and the den. Behaviour in class is excellent. Pupils persevere, concentrate well, are polite and enjoy conversing with each other and adults. Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the school, your leadership and the staff. They recognise that their children are safe, happy and well behaved and would recommend the school to others. They appreciate your approachability and knowing that they can trust staff to resolve any issues quickly. Parents particularly value the care and support you give to children when they start school, if they have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities or difficulties. The previous inspection report asked for the teaching of writing to improve by ensuring that work was hard enough for the most able, that punctuation was taught clearly, the presentation of books was improved and teaching assistants gave help at the right level to move pupils on more quickly. You have successfully introduced the systematic teaching of spelling and grammar. This has led to improved expectations by all. Pupils now use spelling and grammar more confidently in their writing. Standards have risen in grammar, punctuation and spelling across the school and they are well above national average by the end of Year 6. Presentation has improved and pupils say that frequent handwriting practice has helped them to be proud of the way they write. The topic books in Years 5 and 6 are particularly attractive. Teaching assistants support pupils’ learning effectively. They are knowledgeable about pupils’ learning needs and carefully tailor their support to individual pupils. The new approach to writing introduced by the deputy headteacher and the literacy team has been very effective in raising standards in key stages 1 and 2. You rightly recognise that there is still some work to do in early years to ensure that every opportunity to write is maximised. Safeguarding is effective. You have made sure that systems for safeguarding are thorough. Your office staff are conscientious about keeping your documents secure. Alongside your governors, you monitor safeguarding closely and are confident that records are detailed and of a high quality. Training in all aspects of safeguarding is up to date. Adults know how to report concerns and you have been vigilant in making referrals to other agencies such as social services when needed. Your work with a range of outside agencies is effective for your pupils and families. You support families well and parents and carers appreciate the help you give them.