Your leadership has maintained pupils’ good quality of education. Since taking up your post in September 2015, expectations have been raised. You have a clear and accurate understanding of the priorities for improvement, for example with writing. The capacity and strength of the senior leadership team have increased, and you are creating a culture of the highest expectations throughout the school. Governors are pleased with your appointment. The local authority adviser also has confidence in your leadership, reporting that you quickly identified the priorities for the school, especially with regard to challenging and underperforming staff. Governors are knowledgeable about the school. They share a common purpose to bring about change that will raise standards, especially through ensuring highquality training and continuing professional development for all the staff at the school. They are strategic in their allocation of resources to support pupils, especially those who speak English as an additional language. Strong foundations are being built in the early years foundation stage and in key stage 1. You recognise the need to ensure that the good practice being developed in these areas is shared with colleagues in key stage 2. Staff are therefore being deployed in a way that fulfils the school’s aims and enables their expertise to be shared across the school.