The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. Since the last inspection, you have extended your leadership team and given more responsibility to your middle leaders. You have created a culture of collaborative leadership. Your leaders feel empowered and are keen to continue to drive improvement in their areas of responsibility. Pupils’ attainment in their GCSE examinations continues to be above the national average. This – together with high-quality careers advice – helps all pupils to move on to appropriate further education or training. Although overall progress dropped slightly in 2017, progress was back in line with the national average for the 2018 examinations. You have now stabilised the staffing in mathematics and science, which was one of the main reasons for the dip in the 2017 results. Current pupils’ progress is improving, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. Pupils in Year 11 are working at a higher level than last year’s pupils. Year 10 pupils show a similar improvement. However, although the difference between the progress of disadvantaged pupils and other pupils nationally is beginning to close, this is not happening fast enough. Pupils enjoy coming to school and this is demonstrated through their high levels of attendance. They like their teachers and work hard for them. They enjoy the wide range of extra-curricular activities that are available to them and participation is high. Governors are very proud to be part of the school. They know the school well and understand the strengths of the school, as well as the areas for further development. They bring a wide range of skills to governance of the school and provide effective challenge to you. Staff have confidence in you and your leadership team. They appreciate the opportunities that you provide for professional development and the consideration that you give to ensure that their workload is not too heavy. Parents and carers are very positive about the school. They feel that you and other leaders ensure that their children are safe and make good progress. They are appreciative of the support that their children receive from their teachers. They are particularly complimentary about the many extra-curricular activities that you provide for their children. Together with your leadership team, you have brought about a number of improvements since the last inspection. This is particularly true for those areas identified as requiring improvement at the last inspection. You have improved teaching and learning through individualised professional development. This helps teachers at all stages of their career to improve their practice. Questioning is now a strength in the school. Teachers confidently question pupils to tease out understanding and make connections to previous learning. Teachers now use detailed information to provide stretch and challenge for all pupils. However, sometimes, teachers do not provide enough support for pupils who have difficulty accessing these challenging tasks. Safeguarding is effective. You have developed a strong culture of safeguarding across the school. All staff receive annual training for safeguarding. The regular weekly staff training sessions are used to deliver updates throughout the year. As a result, staff show a clear understanding of the school’s safeguarding policies. You have established strong relationships with external agencies so that vulnerable pupils and their families receive prompt and appropriate support. Pupils know how to keep themselves safe. They told inspectors that bullying rarely happens but, when it does, teachers deal with it promptly and well. Pupils said that, if they had a problem, there was always someone in school that they could go to.