You and your leadership team have maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Over the last few years you have focused on developing further the leadership of the school and, along with the governing body, invested heavily in the development of staff. The school now benefits from the knowledge and expertise of you as a local leader of education and three staff who are also specialist leaders of education. A number of staff are working towards gaining the national professional qualification for senior leaders and the national professional qualification for middle leaders. The senior leadership group and leaders at all levels know well the strengths and areas for development of the school. Consequently, the leadership and management of the school has improved and has great capacity for even further improvement. You are relentless in your ambition for continuous school improvement and you always put the children and pupils in your school at the heart of what you and your staff do. You and your leadership team have successfully dealt with the areas for improvement identified in that last inspection report. At the last inspection, you were asked to increase the proportion of good or better teaching and improve the reading and writing for all pupils including the disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities at the end of key stage 2. You acted swiftly and focused strongly on further staff development and sharing good and outstanding practice, not only within your school, but also through effective collaborations with other schools and through the local partnership of Catholic schools. Consequently, all teachers provide challenging work to all pupils of all abilities. Improvements in pupil progress in 2017 for reading and writing at the end of key stage 2 are clear evidence of the effect of your actions. Your passion and commitment has created a very strong culture of collaboration and a team ethos among your staff and governors. They value and support your determination for improvements in teaching and learning. You and your senior leaders regularly monitor the quality of teaching and have put in place effective monitoring systems and procedures to support further improvement. As a result, all teaching across the school is now strong. Pupils’ skills in reading and writing has improved. Another area for improvement identified in the last inspection report was the improvement of attendance to at least the national average. Since then, you, your staff and your parent involvement officer have worked hard to raise the profile of attendance in the school. You introduced various initiatives, including rewards and improved the school’s engagement with parents and carers. As a result, pupils’ attendance is now broadly in line with the national average. However, there is a need for you and your team to improve further the attendance of the disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEN and/or disabilities. Safeguarding is effective. You and your leadership team have ensured that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. There is a strong safeguarding culture in the school. You have made sure that the school site is secure and the monitoring of pupils’ welfare is thorough and detailed. You and your staff know the pupils well and all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose and records are detailed. You and your safeguarding team ensure that you carry out appropriate checks on the suitability of all staff who work with pupils. The chair of the governing body is also the safeguarding governor. Her extensive knowledge and expertise enables her to thoroughly monitor all areas of safeguarding. You introduced the safeguarding monitoring and reaction team forms and all staff know how to use them effectively. You and your safeguarding team meet regularly and discuss all concerns raised about pupils. As a result, the school has effective referral procedures and leaders take action swiftly and monitor their effectiveness closely. You have ensured that all staff and governors receive appropriate training in child protection. Pupils spoken with say that they feel safe in school and know who to go to if they have any concerns. They also say that bullying is very rare and when it does happen, teachers deal with it effectively. Inspection evidence and the views of parents and staff also support this. Pupils are polite and respectful to each other and to staff.