The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. The school has continued to improve since then and this continued journey of improvement is a result of senior leaders’ commitment to pupils and the high expectations you have of pupils and for pupils. Leaders, all staff and pupils work harmoniously together to create a calm, purposeful and warm atmosphere. The vast majority of parents feel that the school is very caring and feel that ‘this school is invested heavily in each and every pupil’. The school’s inclusive and Catholic ethos permeates every facet of school life. The mission statement of recognising the worth and dignity of all people is seen through leaders’ actions with vulnerable pupils, through pupils’ attitudes of respect and tolerance to others, and through the care and consideration shown between pupils and staff alike. Leaders’ work on inclusion is rightly recognised as a beacon of good practice across the local authority. You and your team have a very strong understanding of the school’s many strengths and what needs to be improved further. You have effectively addressed the areas for improvement from the last inspection, for example in raising outcomes in modern foreign languages, geography, and design and technology. In response, you provided additional support from external consultants, made changes in staffing and carefully considered the curriculum time made available to each subject. The intensive monitoring and support from senior leaders and governors has also been a contributory factor in ensuring that improved and secure progress is now being made in each of these subjects. Indeed, modern foreign languages is now a highly successful department with many more pupils now opting to continue studying a language to GCSE level and beyond. Leaders have also secured improvements to the quality of teaching across the school and leadership of this area is strong. Leaders have developed a vibrant teaching and learning culture through creating leaders of teaching and learning, peer coaching of staff and through the innovative use of technology to enable staff to fully reflect on and improve their practice. Robust procedures for monitoring the quality of teaching over time are in place and support is effective. All teaching staff are ambitious to improve and determined to deliver high-quality teaching for the benefit of pupils. In response to improving progress for the most able pupils, you have created additional opportunities for pupils to attend lectures from a local sixth form college and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses. You are working hard to raise the aspirations of pupils, particularly of disadvantaged pupils. We agreed that there is still work to do in this area to ensure that the progress of the most able and the most able disadvantaged pupils is rapid and sustained across the curriculum. Safeguarding is effective. The leadership of safeguarding is very strong. All safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose, and records are detailed and of high quality. Procedures for recruiting staff are robust and meet statutory requirements. Staff have completed all relevant and recent training and they know what to do if they have any concerns about pupils. Staff liaise effectively with external agencies and are proactive in referring any concerns to the appropriate professionals. Some staff are trained to lead multiagency safeguarding meetings and are highly effective in ensuring that pupils receive help as early as possible. Leaders ensure that the school is responsive to meeting pupils’ needs, for example in the area of mental health, and pupils and families benefit greatly from personalised support. Pupils know how to keep themselves safe, particularly online, as they have been well taught. Pupils spoken to during the inspection say that they feel safe in school and that they have a number of ways to raise any concerns they may have. This includes talking to designated staff and using an online referral system. Parents agree that their children are safe and happy in school. There is a strong culture of safeguarding throughout the school.