The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You, together with your senior leaders and the governing body, have high expectations for the school and its pupils, and you are determined that pupils get the best possible education. Your ambition for pupils is set out in the school’s vision statement, and your focus on embedding a new value each half term promotes this well. For example, you and your staff team model the current value of trust and what it means effectively. This approach creates an atmosphere of calm and purpose throughout the school. Survey responses from pupils and staff are positive about all aspects of the school’s work, and, on Parent View, one parent commented that the school provides, ‘excellent teaching in a caring environment’. Since the school’s last inspection, you have successfully tackled previously identified areas for improvement. In lessons, most pupils are now less dependent on receiving a high level of support from adults. Instead, they are encouraged to take greater control of their learning. They do this, for example, by working with others or using available classroom resources to support their learning and progress. Pupils are, therefore, increasingly independent and resilient, particularly when faced with more challenging work. You and your leaders have worked hard to improve outcomes in mathematics. Pupils are now provided with effective guidance from teachers about how to improve their work, and this is helping to move pupils’ learning on. As a result, mathematics outcomes are consistently and significantly higher than the national average by the end of key stage 2. Notwithstanding the improvements made since the last inspection, you and your leaders have a clear understanding of the work that now needs to be done to improve the school further. For example, you recognise the need to improve reading outcomes in key stages 1 and 2 so that outcomes achieved in reading match the progress in mathematics and writing. You also recognise the need to improve the learning experiences for children in early years so that outcomes reached by the end of Reception are closer to the national average. Governors demonstrate that they have a clear understanding of the school’s strengths and areas for improvement. They visit the school regularly and are kept well informed by you and your leaders about the progress that the school is making. Governors provide effective challenge to you and your leaders, and hold you to account well. For example, they ask incisive questions relating to the impact of the pupil premium funding on improving outcomes for disadvantaged pupils. Governors are fully aware of their statutory responsibilities as a governing board, and fulfil these well. Safeguarding is effective. You and your governors have ensured that there is a strong culture of safeguarding in the school. All safeguarding arrangements are robust; records are securely stored and checks on the suitability of staff to work at the school are in line with statutory guidance. Your staff and governors receive regular training, and annual updates about current safeguarding practice are provided. Consequently, staff and governors have the relevant knowledge and skills to safeguard pupils effectively. This includes, for example, staff knowing what action to take if they are concerned that pupils may be at risk of harm. You work well with external agencies, including the local authority, which provides more specialist support to pupils when needed. Pupil survey results show that they feel safe in school and that they know whom to go to if they are worried about anything. They understand the importance of treating everyone equally and with respect, and this was demonstrated through the pupils’ very good conduct throughout the inspection. You ensure that pupils have a secure understanding of how to stay safe online, and you provide a range of resources on your school’s website to support parents and carers and pupils to use the internet safely when at home. Governors demonstrate a clear understanding of their roles in promoting effective safeguarding practice and protecting pupils from harm. The safeguarding link governor visits the school regularly to ensure that key processes and checks are compliant with statutory requirements.