The warm welcome provided by leaders and staff each morning helps pupils to feel positive and ready for the day ahead. Parents and carers appreciate how approachable leaders and staff are. One parent said that the new leadership’s ‘unbelievable enthusiasm has spread amongst teachers, pupils and parents’. Pupils feel safe and happy at this welcoming school. They are proud to live up to the school’s ethos. This can be seen represented in ‘The Ripley Star’ around school. Both the moral values of friendship and respect are visible throughout the school. Records show that bullying is extremely rare. However, pupils know that if anything were to happen, then adults would deal with it swiftly and effectively. Leaders are relentless in their drive to support pupils to achieve their best. They have identified ambitious outcomes for pupils to achieve and are working to embed these in all subjects across the school. This work is not yet complete. Pupils are eager to impress their teachers. They act with determination to complete their work to the very best of their ability. Pupils have many varied opportunities to discover the world outside of their beautiful village. These opportunities contribute well to preparing pupils to be active citizens of the future.