The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You provide impressive leadership for your school, leading with clarity of vision, determination and good humour. You work constructively with your staff team and have secured notable improvements in the quality of teaching and learning since your appointment in January 2017. You have established an effective team of senior and middle leaders and have developed an atmosphere in which all pupils are valued and encouraged to do their very best, regardless of background, ability or personal circumstance. You have introduced a greater sense of urgency about improving the school’s work since your appointment. As a result, the pace of development in the school has accelerated. Staff morale is high, as the school continues to improve. You and your team have introduced notable improvements to the quality of teaching during the past 18 months. As a result, pupils achieve increasingly well in English, mathematics and science, and standards are rising across the school. The results of the Year 1 phonics screening check were higher than the national average in 2018, and standards at the end of key stage 1 were similarly positive in reading, writing and mathematics. You were understandably disappointed that outcomes in reading and mathematics at the end of key stage 2 were below the national average in 2018. Since then, you and your team have worked hard to close the gaps in pupils’ knowledge and understanding caused by historic weaknesses in teaching. Pupils are catching up quickly, and the quality of pupils’ learning continues to improve as developments in teaching take hold. However, you are right to focus on making sure that improvements in mathematics teaching are fully established across key stage 2 so that pupils achieve as well as they should by the end of Year 6. A number of staff changes during the past year have frustrated your attempts to secure improvements in teaching and learning in some year groups, particularly in key stage 2. Nevertheless, the teaching of writing has improved and a consistent approach to teaching writing skills is now in place across the school. Outcomes in writing increased in 2018 and were in line with the national average at the end of both key stages. You are now building on this good start by focusing on improving pupils’ spelling. Strong relationships and consistent routines ensure that children in Reception Year settle well into school life. Adults provide a stimulating range of activities which enthuse children about learning and prepare them well for the next stage of their education. The proportion of children achieving a good level of development at the end of early years increased substantially in 2018 and was higher than the national average. Parents speak very positively about their children’s earliest experiences of school during Reception Year. Pupils enjoy school and behave well. They work hard in lessons and play sensibly during playtimes. There was great excitement during the inspection, as pupils visited their new classrooms in preparation for September. Pupils behaved sensibly throughout, chatting to each other happily as they got to know their new teachers. Parents have every confidence in the school. They speak enthusiastically about their children’s learning and know that you and your team are genuinely interested in their views. Parents who spoke with me during the inspection said that their children are welcomed each morning by smiley teachers and teaching assistants. One commented, ‘You know that staff really care about the children and are interested in their learning,’ a view echoed by pupils’ evident enjoyment of school. Some parents, however, would like to see improvements in the quality of communication between the school and parents, an area which I know that you are also keen to develop. Safeguarding is effective. You and your team of governors pay close attention to pupils’ safety. Clear expectations of staff and pupils, combined with well-established safety procedures, ensure that the school operates smoothly on a daily basis. The school grounds and premises are maintained to a good standard so that pupils are able to learn and play safely. Parents are very pleased with some of the improvements in safety procedures introduced since the previous inspection, such as locking and unlocking the school gates at a set time and the introduction of a policy which requires all adults to leave mobile phones in the office.