The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You have developed a strong team of leaders who have an accurate understanding of the school’s strengths and priorities for development. Your high expectations are shared by staff, governors and pupils. You and your team have continued to improve opportunities for pupils. As a result, pupils make good progress across the school. The school’s Christian ethos and strong values underpin everything in the school. The school is a friendly and welcoming community. Pupils’ work is celebrated in displays on walls and corridors across the school, building their motivation. Pupils say that they enjoy coming to school, and this is shown by their above-average attendance. A typical comment from pupils is: ‘Teachers listen to you and are helpful.’ Pupils behave well during lessons, playtimes and when moving around school. The forest school next to the school’s field enriches pupils’ learning experiences. Pupils relish the wide variety of extra-curricular activities, trips and visits. They develop good leadership skills in various roles, for example as e-safety officers and school councillors. The quiet garden equipped with a fountain and picnic tables provides pupils with an area for reflection and meditation. The vast majority of parents I spoke with were very positive about the school. As one parent commented, ‘It’s a lovely family school. All members of staff, including the headteacher, are very approachable. My child loves this school and has made fantastic progress.’ Another parent commented, ‘The school provides a nurturing environment. Staff go the extra mile to ensure the needs of each child are met.’ The overwhelming majority of parents who responded to Parent View, Ofsted’s online questionnaire, feel that their children are well looked after and make good progress. They say that they would recommend the school to others. As a local leader of education, you use your expertise to coach and support leaders in other schools. Your deputy headteacher is complementing your own style of leadership well. Staff morale is high. Staff are proud to work in the school and feel well supported. One teacher commented, ‘We put the children first and want them to be happy.’ Governors share your desire to improve the school further. They provide effective support and challenge for leaders. Governors are fully involved in the school and know the school well. One commented, ‘We want the children to develop a life-long love of learning.’ You welcome the support and challenge from your local authority adviser. At the previous inspection, the inspectors asked you to ensure that that pupils made faster progress in writing and mathematics. As a result of a whole-school focus on writing and mathematics, there has been strong improvement in pupils’ attainment and progress. However, you are aware that more pupils need to achieve greater depth in their writing. You also acknowledge the need to improve the standards that pupils reach in mathematics at the end of key stage 2 by building on their problemsolving and reasoning skills. You have worked with teachers to ensure that they plan learning in such a way that all pupils are challenged well, including the most able pupils. You have made sure that improvement plans contain relevant success criteria so that the school can measure how well it is doing from term-to-term as it works towards its targets. Safeguarding is effective. The leadership team has ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. The school’s records are carefully maintained and detailed. The culture of safeguarding is strong. Appropriate checks are made on staff before they start employment. Staff have received and read the latest guidance, ‘Keeping children safe in education’ (2016), and demonstrate a strong awareness of safeguarding issues. Staff receive up-to-date training on safeguarding matters so they know what to do should they be worried about a pupil. Leaders work effectively with outside agencies to ensure that pupils are supported and safe. All the pupils who spoke to me said that they feel safe. Pupils told me that incidents of bullying were rare, but that teachers would manage these effectively if they did occur. Pupils know who to go to should they have any concerns, and they trust staff to resolve them. The overwhelming majority of parents who completed Ofsted’s online survey, Parent View, felt that their children were safe.