The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Since your appointment as headteacher in January 2016, there have been considerable changes in leadership and staffing and an increase in pupil numbers. You lead the school with ambition, commitment and determination. Your clear vision of ‘an inclusive school where pupils are happy, flourish and can be the best they can be’ is shared by all staff and governors. This, combined with your strong drive for improvement, has ensured that the school has improved quickly, following a dip in its performance since the previous inspection. The school is proud of its Christian ethos and has strong links with the local church. Pupils understand the school’s core values of ‘friendship, forgiveness, trust, courage and respect’. Pupils say that that they feel happy in school and enjoy their learning. They attend regularly. Pupils behave well and want to make progress. Parents are overwhelmingly supportive of the school and recognise the difference you have made since your appointment. As one parent told me: ‘This is a lovely school. The headteacher has made such a difference since she joined.’ You have an accurate understanding of what the school does well, and where the school needs to improve. Senior leaders are effective, and they support teachers well in classrooms. You have increased the rigour of your checks to ensure that the quality of teaching is consistently strong. You have acted decisively to make sure that any weaker teaching is quickly addressed. All members of staff who completed Ofsted’s online questionnaire say that they are proud to work in the school and that the school has improved since the last inspection. At the time of the last inspection, the school was asked to raise pupils’ attainment in mathematics. In 2017, at the end of key stage 2, pupils’ attainment in mathematics was average at the expected standard and above average at the higher standard. In 2017, at the end of key stage 1, pupils’ attainment in mathematics was below national averages. You have quite rightly identified that middle-ability pupils in key stage 1 could make better progress, and have begun work to address this. Inspectors also asked the school to raise attainment in writing. You and your team were disappointed with attainment in writing at the end of key stage 2 in 2017, and have taken action. Pupils are now making better progress in writing. However, you agree that more work is required to ensure that pupils’ handwriting and presentation are of a consistently high standard. Since your appointment as headteacher, you have taken action to drive improvements in mathematics and writing. You are working determinedly on the right aspects for improvement. There have been significant changes to the governing body since the last inspection, including the appointment of a new chair of the governing body. Governors have quickly gained an accurate view of what is working well and what could be better still, and are fully committed to the success of the school. Through regular visits, they assure themselves that pupils are well cared for, safe and now achieving well. They offer a healthy balance of challenge and support to you and your team. Safeguarding is effective. The leadership team has ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. You have ensured that staff and governors receive appropriate training in child protection, and you and your team ensure that you carry out appropriate checks on the suitability of all staff who work with pupils. Staff know that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. You have made sure that all staff know the school’s systems and procedures well. They are in no doubt about what action the school expects them to take should they have any concerns. Pupils say that they feel safe in school. Pupils say that there is rarely any bullying, but if it does happen, they are confident that teachers and leaders will tackle it quickly. Pupils know who to go to if they have any concerns, and are confident that staff will deal effectively with any problems. Pupils enthusiastically told me about your ‘School Ambassadors’, and say that ‘these are pupils who are always available to listen and try to help us’. Pupils understand how to keep safe on the internet. Every parent who completed Ofsted’s online questionnaire, Parent View, agreed that the school keeps pupils safe. Inspection findings At the start of my visit, we agreed a number of key lines of enquiry for the inspection. My first key line of enquiry was to explore how effectively leaders are improving progress in reading of the most able pupils at the end of key stage 2.