The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Over the past four years, there have been significant changes in leadership and teaching staff. The school has grown in size and is now two-form entry throughout. You and the governors have managed these changes successfully and have ensured that pupils have continued to achieve well. You and the staff have created a bright and engaging learning environment for pupils and staff. The school’s motto of ‘Together we Believe, Achieve, Care’ is evident in all aspects of the school’s work. Pupils benefit from a caring and dedicated staff team that knows them well. They are keen to learn and show high levels of respect for each other and adults. This was captured by one pupil who said, ‘You should respect everyone no matter what religion they are or what they look like.’ Pupils listen carefully in lessons and apply themselves productively to tasks. They take pride in their work and present it well. Pupils value being able to contribute to decisions that affect them. They proudly describe how the school council works to make the school better and to help others, for example by designing the peace garden, raising money for charity and interviewing new teachers. You have responded well to the areas for improvement identified at the previous inspection. Staff have received training in how to develop pupils’ thinking skills. In lessons, teachers ask highly effective questions to probe pupils’ understanding and deepen their learning. Activities mostly match pupils’ abilities closely, which supports them to make good progress. However, occasionally, activities are not sufficiently challenging for the most able pupils. Teachers provide pupils with purposeful feedback and encourage them to act on it to edit and improve their work. This helps pupils to develop their writing and mathematics skills, for example the use of capital letters and full stops. You have worked hard to build positive relationships with parents. Parents visit school regularly to take part in curriculum workshops and ‘meet the teacher’ events. There are opportunities for parents to celebrate their children’s work in half-termly assemblies. Newsletters and the school’s social media account provide parents with information about school events. Parents are extremely positive about the school. Those who responded to Ofsted’s online survey, Parent View, say that their children are happy, well taught and make good progress. Almost all of them say that leaders respond well to any concerns they raise. Leaders routinely monitor the quality of teaching and pupils’ outcomes by observing lessons, looking at pupils’ work and meeting with teachers to discuss pupils’ progress. As a result, they know what the school does well and what needs to improve further. However, targets in improvement plans do not consistently reflect this because they are too broad. Governors are knowledgeable about the school. They possess the necessary skills and expertise to support and challenge you and other leaders. Governors meet regularly with different leaders to discuss the actions they are taking to improve the school further. However, because leaders’ plans do not contain clear milestones and measurable success criteria, it is difficult for governors to evaluate how effective leaders’ actions are in improving teaching and pupils’ outcomes during the year. Safeguarding is effective. Leaders and governors have ensured that safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose. Staff know pupils and their families well and keep a watchful eye on vulnerable pupils. They follow the school’s procedures for reporting concerns. Leaders act on these appropriately, including making referrals to external agencies when needed. Recent training has developed staff’s understanding of a range of safeguarding topics relevant to the local community, including Prevent and county lines. Leaders complete the necessary checks to ensure that all adults in the school are suitable to work with children. Pupils feel safe at school. They say that bullying does not happen at St Modwen’s, and they know what to do should it occur. Pupils shared with me how they learn to stay safe outside of school, for example through e-safety assemblies, learning to swim and taking part in ‘bikeability’. The parents who responded to Parent View agree that their children are safe and well looked after at school.