The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You lead the school with a real care and determination that all pupils should succeed. Staff, governors and parents have confidence in your leadership. As one parent said: ‘The head supports his staff extremely well. The buzz around learning is amazing.’ Another said: ‘Rivermead is an amazing school with strong leadership. The headteacher always makes time for you.’ Your clear thinking and diligence has meant that you have maintained the school’s strengths since the last inspection and improved on them further. Standards of achievement have risen in all years. Pupils’ outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics consistently match those of pupils nationally at key stage 1 and key stage 2. Disadvantaged pupils achieve particularly highly by the end of Year 6. Assisted by your able senior leadership team, you have made sure that staff are very skilled in their roles. Adults’ planning and preparations at all levels show judicious attention to detail. Teaching is very well organised, imaginative and of high quality, so that pupils cannot help but thrive and learn. Several pupils told me that their favourite thing about school is the teachers. Parents, too, recognise the strengths in teaching. As one wrote: ‘The school goes the extra mile to bring learning alive for the pupils. Teachers are kind, caring and motivating.’ Another said: ‘All teachers and classroom assistants are fantastic and we are proud our son attends this school.’ Every parent who responded to Ofsted’s online survey, Parent View, said that they would recommend the school to others.