The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You are an effective headteacher who leads a team that is committed to meeting the needs of each pupil in the school. Parents and carers value the school highly. As one parent commented, ‘The school provides a caring and nurturing setting in which children can thrive.’ All the parents who responded to Ofsted’s online questionnaire, Parent View, would recommend the school. Your school provides a curriculum which motivates the pupils and responds to their interests. Pupils spoke enthusiastically about some of their experiences, including the residential visit to Thorpe Woodlands, and their work based on the paintings of Thomas Gainsborough which culminated in a visit to Gainsborough House. Pupils’ behaviour is exemplary. Parents said that the school ensures that pupils behave well. Pupils are respectful to both adults and each other. In lessons, they are motivated and work hard. These are all contributory factors to the strong progress that pupils consistently make. Governors are passionate about the school and know it well. They work with you and your leaders to closely monitor the school’s work and to identify priorities for school improvement. For example, governors can talk confidently about the impact of activities funded by the pupil premium grant and the physical education (PE) and sport premium grant. You are ensuring that the children have a good start in Reception within their mixed age and key stage class. Adults make effective use of questions to encourage pupils to develop ideas. For example, adults asked children in Reception to explain why they think a cheetah is well adapted to where it lives. Their workbooks show that they are accessing a rich curriculum which enables them to make strong progress from their starting points. The teaching of phonics is effective and ensures that children are well prepared for the screening check in Year 1. The school is working closely with the partner school in its federation and other local schools. This is enabling resources to be pooled to provide training for staff, moderation of assessments and to provide activities to challenge the most able pupils. In the previous inspection, you were tasked with improving writing standards by ensuring that pupils apply their writing skills in other subjects and by ensuring that most-able pupils work at the right level of difficulty. Small pupil numbers make comparisons with national averages unreliable. However, assessment information shows that the vast majority of pupils have made strong or rapid progress in recent years at the end of key stage 2. Pupils’ workbooks show that current pupils make strong progress from their starting points, particularly in the development of grammar and punctuation skills. Your evaluations of the school are accurate. They are informed by a secure range of evidence. You make effective use of external advisers to support your monitoring and evaluations. You have identified the need to further develop leadership of foundation subjects so that all subject leaders set consistently high expectations of pupils across the whole curriculum. Safeguarding is effective. Leaders, including governors, have ensured that there is a culture of safeguarding pupils. Staff are vigilant and know what to do if they have concerns about a pupil. Records of concern are well organised and enable leaders to monitor pupils closely. Staff training is comprehensive. Regular safeguarding updates are provided for all staff to ensure that they understand school policies and procedures for keeping children safe. When new staff join the school, there is an induction programme which ensures that they understand their safeguarding responsibilities. When necessary, you work effectively with outside agencies and other schools to support pupils’ needs. Your procedures for checking the suitability of new members of staff to work with children are meticulously maintained. You manage the shared facilities with the village hall and grounds effectively. You have evaluated potential risks and have appropriate measures to manage them so that pupils are safe.