The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Your highly effective and inspiring leadership is acknowledged by staff, parents and carers, and governors. The arrangement for your deputy headteacher to lead the school for one day every week is working very successfully. You both share unwavering determination to provide the best possible experiences for pupils and you have created a motivating and inspiring environment for learning. One parent wrote, ‘The headteacher and deputy headteacher are fantastic leaders, open to giving the children new experiences to support and fulfil the learning potential of each child and to provide the teaching team with what they need for this to happen.’ You have a strong staff team that is proud of the school and morale is high. All of the staff say that they enjoy working at the school, are treated fairly and with respect and are well supported. You set great store in developing leaders and supporting staff to enhance their skills and expertise. Parents are very positive about the staff. A typical comment echoed by several parents was, ‘The teachers are skilled, open and friendly, and willing to go the extra mile to help provide a positive place for children to learn and grow. The creative and enthusiastic teaching assistants support this.’ The school is a caring, nurturing place to be. Children thrive from the time they start in Reception Year. Pupils enjoy school and have fun learning. They are friendly and polite and keen to share their achievements. All of the pupils who responded to the survey felt that the school encourages them to be independent and take on responsibilities. Behaviour is managed well so this is a calm and happy school where pupils are respectful of adults and each other. A parent expressed the views of several with the comment, ‘At the heart of this school lies kindness, care and compassion, golden threads that ensure rich, high-quality, diverse and safe teaching and learning practices.’ You, leaders and governors accurately identify the school’s strengths and the areas for further development from a range of monitoring activities. You have built on the strengths identified at the last inspection and successfully tackled the areas identified for improvement. As a result, standards in writing have risen. In 2017, the proportion of pupils that reached the expected standards in writing increased considerably from the previous year and was above that found nationally. You have correctly identified, however, a continuing focus on writing across the curriculum to increase the proportion of pupils that achieve greater depth in writing. Children join the school with starting points generally below those typical for their age. They make strong progress throughout their time in the school. Disadvantaged pupils currently in the school make similar progress to others. The proportion of pupils that achieve the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 2 is above that found nationally. The proportion of pupils that reach greater depth in their learning increased significantly in 2017 and was above that found nationally in reading and mathematics but just below the national average in writing. You know that there is more work to do to ensure that teachers’ planning consistently considers pupils’ starting points to provide more challenge across the curriculum. Safeguarding is effective. There is a strong culture of safeguarding in the school. Pupils’ safety, well-being and welfare are paramount and given high priority. Pupils say that they feel safe and that they can turn to adults if they have any problems. Parents agree that the school keeps their children safe. One parent wrote, ‘It is an environment that has made my child feel safe enough to learn, develop emotionally, and grow in confidence.’ Safeguarding arrangements are robust and fit for purpose. You and three other staff are trained as designated safeguarding leaders and so there is always someone for staff to go to if they have any concerns. Staff are well trained and have a good understanding of what to be aware of to keep children safe from a variety of risks, including those related to online safety. All staff are vigilant in following agreed procedures. A parent commented, ‘I’m impressed with how they keep the children safe and will only let them out of the classroom door at the end of the day if the teacher/assistant can see the child’s parent or carer.’ Leaders work closely with outside agencies to ensure that pupils and their families who may be vulnerable get the extra support they need.