The leadership team has maintained a good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Queen Emma Primary has maintained the positive vision and ethos identified at the previous inspection, through which pupils develop strong academic and social skills. Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the school’s support for their children and state that they are well informed about their progress. This is evident in the many positive statements made in Parent View, Ofsted’s online questionnaire. Parents wrote about the ‘extremely dedicated’ staff and the ‘fantastic management team’. Highly committed leadership, including that of governors, has ensured that the school’s focus on improvement does not waver. You are providing clear vision and, in collaboration with your leadership team, you have worked swiftly to address the areas for improvement defined in the school’s improvement plan. Your focus on improving the emotional and social well-being of all pupils is recognised as a strength of the school by many parents. Governance at Queen Emma Primary is strong. The governing body is effectively led and provides challenge and support in equal measure. Governors share your vision and aspirations for each pupil to achieve well throughout the curriculum. Governors visit the school regularly. They use information gathered on visits and at meetings to inform their questioning of leaders on the quality of teaching and learning at the school. Pupils’ conduct around the school and in classrooms is very good. Pupils have very positive attitudes to learning. They are enthusiastic about the topics they study and support each other in lessons. Teachers have high expectations of pupils, enabling many to achieve well throughout the curriculum. You and your leadership team have developed a broad and rich curriculum. Pupils have opportunities to learn about different faiths and cultures through topic-based work such as ‘The Islamic Golden Age’ and life in Sierra Leone. As a result, many pupils are able to reflect on their own lives and empathise with the experiences of others. Pupils are kind, welcoming and respectful of their peers and adults. They play well together at break and lunchtime. You are accurate in your judgement that early years is a strength of the school. Leadership of early years is particularly strong, ensuring that the transition between Nursery and Reception is well structured. As a consequence, children enjoy learning and make good progress in a range of skills. The learning environment is well organised, bright and stimulating. The proportion of children making a good level of development is above the national standard. Staff organise activities that are well suited to the needs of children. Leaders and staff maintain high expectations of children and, as a result, the proportion of children exceeding national expectations is also increasing. Reading is also a particular strength of the school. Pupils that I spoke to were unanimous in their love of reading. High-quality, engaging texts underpin learning throughout the curriculum. Pupils achieve well in reading at the end of key stage 1 and the proportion of pupils who meet the expected standard in the phonics screening test is above the national average. Pupils are able to talk and write well about characters and themes in books such as ‘Traction Man’ in Year 1 and ‘James and the Giant Peach’ in Year 2. You and your leaders take decisive action where you consider improvements are needed. For example, as a result of your developments in the teaching of writing, outcomes at key stage 1 have remained consistently in line with national averages. Disadvantaged pupils of middle ability achieved significantly above national averages in 2016. You recognise, however that there are still areas for the school to improve. For example, you have clear plans to improve achievements for disadvantaged pupils across the curriculum. You recognise that you need to identify more clearly the different starting points of disadvantaged pupils and accelerate their progress in mathematics and writing. You acknowledge that you need to continue to improve the additional support provided to disadvantaged pupils and help some to attend more often. Safeguarding is effective. Pupils spoke to me with confidence and maturity about the ways in which leaders endeavour to keep them safe. Queen Emma Primary is a very safe and happy place for pupils to learn and thrive. Pupils understand clearly how to keep themselves safe online. All parents who responded to Parent View agreed that their children were safe at the school.