The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. During this time, the number of pupils has increased and the premises have been extended to provide more learning spaces for pupils. You have invested in the improvement of outdoor facilities and created positive, vibrant learning environments, both indoors and outdoors. You are due to open a nursery in September, which will enable you to extend the ‘Mytham offer’ to the wider community. Most importantly, you, your senior leadership team and governors have created a school where pupils enjoy learning and are happy. Parents are very supportive of the school and are happy to recommend the school to others. Parents value the work of leaders and teachers and said that they are welcoming, communicative and willing to ‘go the extra mile’. Parents commented that in addition to academic developments they have seen how their children’s ‘confidence, social skills and interest in the community and nature have blossomed’ under your guidance. Staff are overwhelmingly positive in support of the school and your leadership. Staff believe that the school is well led by an ‘inspirational’ leader and all are proud to work at Mytham. Staff believe that children are at the heart of all that the school does and feel that they ‘challenge children to their full potential and beyond’. Staff wholeheartedly believe in the values of the school and endorse the school’s motto, ‘Mytham is more than just a school.’ You and your leadership team are keenly aware of the school’s strengths and the areas which need further development. You are aspirational for the school and its pupils. You already have clear improvement plans in place to address the issues raised in this inspection. This demonstrates an honest evaluation of recent outcomes for pupils amid significant changes at school and national levels in terms of curriculum and assessment demands. The local authority has been a valuable source of support in evaluating the school’s work and the role of governors. This support has helped you and governors to move forwards apace. Governors are highly committed to their work and passionate about the school, and they know the school well. They hold you and your team firmly to account to ensure that Mytham continues to deliver high-quality education to pupils. Governors and senior leaders have taken effective action to address the areas for improvement identified at the last inspection. At that time, inspectors identified the need to improve the quality of teaching in order to become consistently good or better. In response, you have ensured that leaders follow up development points with teachers so that previous suggestions for improvement are tackled. You monitor the work of teachers through a comprehensive appraisal system, which takes into account lesson observations, analysis of pupils’ work and assessment information. You have also focused on ensuring that teachers make regular checks on what pupils are learning in the lesson and that they use this information to improve their teaching further. You have introduced milestone checks, which teachers use in mathematics, reading, spelling, punctuation and grammar so that they know clearly the progress that pupils make. As a result, activities and plans are matched appropriately to the needs of pupils and any underachievement is identified quickly so that support can be put into place. Following the previous inspection, you developed a new marking and feedback policy, which is applied consistently by teachers. You ensure that pupils have time to reflect on this feedback and that younger pupils are given additional support, so that pupils’ redrafting of their work is meaningful and moves their learning on. Safeguarding is effective. Safeguarding is a true strength of the school. A culture of vigilance, care and support runs throughout the school. Leaders are committed to ensuring that pupils and their families who need early help, receive it. You work closely with families and external agencies and are tenacious in following up any concerns to ensure that your pupils are safe. All safeguarding arrangements are robust and rigorous. Staff are well trained in recent issues and know what to do if they have concerns about a pupil. Pupils know how to keep themselves safe, both personally and online. Pupils talk knowledgeably about the dangers of the internet and social media and know how to deal with cyber bullying and requests for personal information. Pupils said that bullying rarely occurs, but, if it does, it is dealt with swiftly and effectively by teachers. Pupils, parents and staff have the utmost confidence in leaders’ ability to ensure that pupils are safe and well cared for.