The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the previous inspection. The leadership team has ensured that pupils at Hauxton Primary School continue to receive the good quality of education that was recognised at the previous inspection. You ensure a clear focus on the development of pupils’ academic and social skills. Parents are extremely impressed with and supportive of the ways in which you and your staff teach their children. This is evident in the many positive statements made in Parent View, Ofsted’s online questionnaire. Parents noted the strong community ethos at the school whereby pupils support each other. One parent stated that ‘The children are a very strong community who all really care and look after each other from Year 6 to Reception’ and that the school promotes a ‘strong ethos of love and respect’. Strong leadership, including that of governors, has ensured that despite staffing changes and the inevitable demands of a growing school, the focus on improvement has continued unabated. Your clear focus combined with effective systems of monitoring and support have underpinned the ways in which you are addressing the areas for development identified in the school’s improvement plan. Parents also noted your ‘dedication to the learning and welfare of the children’ and that staff ‘constantly strive to do the best for the children’. Governance at Hauxton Primary is rigorous. The governing body is committed to the improvements you are putting in place. Through thorough gathering of information, governors have a very clear understanding of the school’s strengths and areas for development. Consequently, governors are able to challenge the school and commend it on its successes. Governors share your aspirations and expectations for the social and academic success of each pupil. Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary. They are courteous, polite and considerate of the needs of both adults and pupils. As a result, the learning environment in the school is both harmonious and conducive to learning. Pupils are eager to learn. You have provided a well-balanced, enriched curriculum designed to develop pupils’ wider understanding of the world. Pupils have opportunities to learn about different cultures and faiths. As a result, pupils are able to reflect and think thoughtfully about the world around them. For example, I observed pupils contemplating the horror of people’s experiences during the Second World War in a Year 5/6 English class. You correctly judge the early years provision to be a strength of the school. Strong leadership in early years has ensured that children make a good start to their learning at Hauxton. The learning environment is structured well to develop children’s skills, knowledge and understanding. The development of children’s academic skills such as reading, writing and mathematics is skilfully embedded in the early years curriculum. The proportion of children making a good level of development has remained consistently above the national average. This is because staff ensure that activities match the needs of children. Staff also work hard to enthuse and engage children. As a consequence, children told me how much they enjoy coming to school to learn. You and your leaders take effective action where you identify areas for development. For example, as a result of your increased focus on accelerating the achievements of the most able pupils in writing, outcomes at key stages 1 and 2 rose in 2016 and were significantly above the national average. However, you acknowledge that there are areas in which the school can continue to improve. For example, you have stringent plans in place to further improve the teaching, learning and assessment of reading across the curriculum. You have also recognised the importance of ensuring that mathematics tasks are more consistently matched to the needs of pupils to raise their overall achievements. Safeguarding is effective. Pupils told me that they feel safe and protected at Hauxton Primary School. Pupils are enthusiastic learners who support each other with care and thoughtfulness. Pupils told me that they value being at a small school as it feels ‘like a family’ where staff look after every pupil. Parents unanimously agreed on Parent View that their children were safe at the school. E-safety is a priority at the school. Pupils know how to keep themselves safe when online and were able to tell me a range of ways in which they protected themselves. As a small community school where many pupils walk to school, you have particularly focused on road safety. The involvement of the police has further raised the profile and importance of road safety. Some pupils have additional responsibilities to support other pupils through the junior travel ambassador scheme. Pupils take this responsibility seriously and wear their badges with pride.