The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Since your appointment you have led the school in a determined and positive way. This reflects your passion for improvement and the provision of high-quality education for all. You understand your school well and have put measures in place to drive long-term school improvement. Staff and governors support your leadership. Staff enjoy the new initiatives and enjoy the inclusive nature of school improvement. They feel a greater sense of responsibility for the progress of their pupils. Pupil progress meetings target pupils that need extra support. They also identify pupils that will benefit from further challenge. The inclusive nature of your school ensures that pupils who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities have their needs met well. Future plans intend to increase opportunities for these pupils, for example the new initiative for developing the emotional well-being of pupils. You share your good practice in these areas with other schools in your locality. Pupils are enthusiastic about school. They enjoy the subjects on offer. They describe the school as a ‘friendly place’, where ‘we do fun things in our lessons.’ Pupils appreciate the opportunities they have. You provide a wide range of enrichment in your curriculum. Pupils enjoy many experiences at school that they may otherwise not, for example visits to the beach, seeing magic acts, residential visits and camping in the school grounds. Pupils particularly enjoy the opportunities for working outside in your ‘Getting beyond four walls’ initiative. They appreciate being able to work with others in new learning environments. Pupils welcome the increase in opportunities to take part in sport. They understand the importance of being active and staying healthy. Pupils enjoy taking part in events with other schools. This enables them to meet and form friendships with others. These are often pupils that they will attend high school with. Parents and carers enjoy the welcoming, family atmosphere that the school offers. One parent stated, ‘This school has an amazing balance between being very professional and super friendly.’ They appreciate and understand the changes made by leaders. You are aware that teaching is not consistently good across all key stages. You provide support and guidance to staff where necessary. This has not always had the desired effect of improving standards of teaching for some members of staff. The teaching of writing is not well developed. Teachers use different strategies in planning and sequencing the process of writing. This is confusing for pupils and limits their progress. You have identified this area as requiring consistency across the school. Work is being carried out to address this. The results of this work will be implemented in the new academic year, but as yet clear monitoring to ensure strong and sustained progress of pupils is not yet in place. The leadership team has addressed the areas for improvement identified in the last inspection report. Pupils have increased their ability to use spelling, punctuation and grammar. Handwriting skills are now more consistent. You have a well-developed schedule of sharing good practice. This is not always followed up to bring about improvements in the quality of teaching. Safeguarding is effective. The leadership team has ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. The school has a strong safeguarding culture in which all staff recognise their responsibility to keep children safe. Leaders ensure that all relevant checks required for those working with children are in place. Staff receive regular and effective training and are up to date with current legislation. Pupils are knowledgeable about how to stay safe in and out of school. They have a particularly strong understanding of how to stay safe online. They understand the possible risks. Pupils are clear when to tell trusted adults if they encounter a difficult situation. Parents feel that their children are safe at the school. A parent noted that ‘they take their safeguarding duties very seriously. My daughters feel safe and well looked after.’ Comments by other parents reflect this.