You and your leadership team have maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Since restructuring the senior leadership team, after joining St Kenelm’s in September 2017, you are ably supported by two assistant headteachers. While these colleagues lead the school day-to-day, parents, carers, staff and governors value your highly visible approach and ready availability to them. Your senior leadership team includes empowered, experienced staff, capable of taking on additional responsibilities under your skilful guidance. Helpfully, the governing body is made up of experienced individuals who use their knowledge well when undertaking the areas of responsibility they have each been allocated. In meetings, they often challenge leaders about pupils’ progress as well as support you in moving the school forward, especially regarding communication with parents. All governors have had appropriate training for their role and are well informed. They are extremely pleased with the way you are leading the school and are very supportive of the appropriate and measured changes that you have implemented in the relatively short time that you have been in post. Nevertheless, governors have not ensured that all of the required information is published on the school’s website. Staff are proud to be members of the school. They all agree that the school is well led and that you and the assistant headteachers support them effectively with their work. Staff feel that you do all that you can to ensure that the school has a motivated, respected and effective team and they all enjoy working at the school. Parents also believe that the school is well managed and that staff make sure that pupils are happy. All parents responding to Parent View confirmed that they would recommend this school. One parent commented, ‘I cannot say enough good things about the staff’. Another wrote, ‘My son comes home every day wanting to share what he’s done with great enthusiasm.’ You, and other leaders, have taken effective action to address the issues identified for improvement at the school’s last inspection. The early years provision has been developed very effectively, with helpful arrangements made with the nursery to aid children’s transition into school. You have deployed staff well to support pupils of different abilities in their mixed-age classes. Teaching is consistently effective, including the small-group interventions ably led by teaching assistants. Strong relationships between staff and pupils, and high levels of challenge, ensure that the most able pupils achieve particularly well in national tests. Middle leaders have improved their skills overall; however, you acknowledge that leaders do not yet keep a careful enough check on the progress pupils make following any additional teaching or support. The behaviour of pupils is exceptional. This is partly due to all staff sharing and promoting the Christian values that permeate the school. This includes a strong sense of mutual respect between pupils and staff. Pupils say that they like the teachers as they give them a good education. They also appreciate the school’s approach to promoting equality between girls and boys, for example in the management of the football area and the school’s uniform. Pupils’ positive attitude towards the school is shown by their high rates of attendance. Safeguarding is effective. Sensibly, the safeguarding leadership arrangements you introduced in September 2017 ensure that there is sufficient cover in school at all times. Leaders make sure that staff have regular training to keep their knowledge up to date. Important safeguarding documents have been read and understood by all staff and governors. You recognise the need to regularly check that staff are fully aware of their responsibilities in keeping children safe. Helpfully, safeguarding resources are kept centrally in school and are available to all staff as required. You ensure that staff and governors keep their knowledge up to date through regular agenda items during meetings. Governors fully appreciate their safeguarding role and the designated governor has a very clear understanding of what she needs to do in order to support staff to safeguard pupils. For example, she regularly meets with staff to discuss safeguarding needs and checks that safeguarding arrangements are thorough. Pupils are supervised well at all times while on site. Pupils report that they feel safe at school and that they know who to talk with if they are concerned about anything.