The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Your strong and caring leadership provides a clear direction for the school. Kirkham and Wesham Primary has recently faced some significant challenges. Throughout this time, you have ensured that teaching, learning and assessment remain good and that staff and pupils have received appropriate support. Leaders have carried out an accurate evaluation of the school’s strengths and have identified appropriate areas for further improvement. You have correctly focused on ensuring that pupils receive more opportunities to develop their knowledge and understanding at greater depth in English and mathematics. Governors visit the school frequently. As a result, they have a detailed knowledge of standards, including the progress that pupils make in their learning. Governors use their professional skills and detailed knowledge to hold leaders to account. They provide a good balance of challenge and support for leaders and staff. You lead an enthusiastic team which strives to do its best for pupils. Staff feel well supported and value the leadership of the school. Support staff work closely with teachers to ensure that pupils make good progress in their learning. The school is a hive of activity where no learning time is lost. You have provided staff with wellplanned training and visits to other schools. As a result, you have improved teaching, learning and assessment. Parents and carers have a very positive view of the school. Those who spoke to me at the start of the day or who responded to Parent View, Ofsted’s online questionnaire, said that the school is well led. They were keen to share how caring and helpful staff are in meeting the varied needs of pupils. These were typified by one parent who said, ‘The children are at the heart of everything that the school does.’ Pupils enjoy coming to school and their attendance is good. They share parents’ positive view of the school. Those pupils who spoke to me during the inspection said that bullying does not happen but were confident that adults would deal with any incidents effectively. Pupils value the varied and interesting curriculum that you provide. They enjoy the opportunities that they have to take part in after-school clubs such as archery, multi-skills and cheerleading. Pupils relish opportunities to play a musical instrument, such as the saxophone or clarinet, and to play in the school’s orchestra. They are proud of their attractive art work, which enhances the school environment. You encourage pupils to take part in decision-making through the school’s house system, the school council and eco council. Pupils enjoyed helping to plan and name the school’s new eco garden, the Chill Zone. You have addressed the areas for improvement identified by the previous inspectors. Teachers give pupils time to discuss their ideas and work things out for themselves. During lessons, I saw that pupils are articulate and can explain what they have learnt. Pupils know what they need to do to improve their work further. Previous inspectors also asked you to make sure that teachers’ appraisals contain higher targets for pupils’ progress. Since then, you have put in place appropriate targets for teachers’ performance. These are taken from your accurate monitoring of pupils’ learning. The targets reflect leaders’ ambition to raise pupils’ achievements further. You have taken effective steps to ensure that leaders make full use of the school’s assessment system to check the progress of different groups of pupils. Assessment information is detailed and fit for purpose. The system that you use enables leaders to track the progress of all pupils, including groups such as those who speak English as an additional language. Leaders and governors use this detailed assessment information to monitor the effectiveness of teaching across the school. Safeguarding is effective. You, staff and governors place a very high priority on keeping pupils safe. Leaders have made sure that safeguarding arrangements are of high quality and effective. You provide appropriate and frequent training. As a result, all staff have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding and the school’s procedures. You keep meticulous records in relation to safeguarding concerns. You and your staff work well with other agencies. You are vigilant in ensuring that pupils receive the correct level of support and care. The school’s website is used to give parents useful information about safeguarding. Leaders ensure that the curriculum is filled with opportunities for pupils to learn how to keep themselves safe, including online.