The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You and your staff work tremendously hard to ensure that the learning experiences for pupils are purposeful, enjoyable and appropriately challenging. Teachers know their pupils well and plan work which meets their needs. As a result, pupils make good progress from their starting points and are well prepared for the next stage of their education. You are a dynamic and ambitious leader who puts the development of pupils’ learning at the heart of everything you do. You, along with a committed and determined leadership team, continually seek ways to further improve the quality of education at Albert Pritchard. You frequently ask for the opinions of others, including pupils and parents, to find out what could be made better at the school. You then act on their responses promptly. For example, following feedback from parents, you now record learning targets in the home-school diary. You and other leaders have effective plans of action for making the school outstanding. Your improvement plans are tightly focused and identify the right actions to further strengthen the already good teaching and learning. Senior leaders’ high expectations are understood and embraced by everyone, which creates a tangible energy for improvement in the school. Governors share the same ambition and are passionate about the school. One governor commented, ‘We all want what’s best for the children.’ However, governors, while generally effective, are not always challenging enough in holding you and other leaders to account. They do not make enough use of information about the progress of different groups of pupils to contribute to decisions about how best to improve outcomes for all. They are not contributing enough to the future direction of the school. There is a buzz of excitement in every classroom at Albert Pritchard because teachers plan engaging work which captures the pupils’ interests. For example, pupils told me enthusiastically about their ‘pirates’ topic and the dance they are creating. Eye-catching displays of work along the corridor walls celebrate the pupils’ achievements. As a result of pupils’ deep involvement in their learning, they show very good behaviour and positive attitudes to school. You have been effective in addressing the areas for improvement identified at the last inspection. Despite several changes in staffing, you have maintained the quality of teaching and ensured that pupils are given time to practise skills independently and build on their knowledge. You have made significant strides in building leadership capacity through some innovative practice, including sharing teachers’ expertise across the federation. Core subject leaders are now more involved in contributing to whole-school improvement, although you recognise that there is further work to be done in relation to the leadership of foundation subjects. Some of these subject leaders, while having a good overview of their subjects, do not yet make full use of monitoring information to raise standards in their subject areas and so help pupils to progress at a faster rate. Safeguarding is effective. There is a strong safeguarding culture throughout the school. Staff know precisely what they should do if they have any concerns about a child. All staff receive regular training about different aspects of child protection, which enables them to carry out their safeguarding responsibilities fully. You deal with any concerns promptly and work in collaboration with other agencies, as necessary, to reduce the risk of harm to pupils. The leadership team has ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose and records are detailed and of high quality. There are effective procedures in place for the recruitment and induction of new staff. Pupils are safe in school. They are taught about how to keep safe in a range of situations. For example, they have a good awareness of protecting themselves from the sun and know how to cross the road safely. Pupils also talked confidently to me about e-safety and how they keep themselves safe when on the computer. The school’s website contains a lot of useful information for parents linked to online safety. Pupils say that they feel safe in school and nearly all parents agree. Pupils are responsible and know ‘out-of-bounds’ areas on the playground and how to get first aid if they need it.