Pupils are happy and safe. They enjoy a wide variety of experiences, including residential visits, trips to historic houses and places of worship. Pupils go swimming and they compete in speed stacking. Many recently travelled to Birmingham, singing with the Young Voices choir. Clubs range from dodgeball to healthy eating and cookery. Leaders prioritise opportunities to broaden pupils’ horizons. Pupils usually conduct themselves well, concentrating hard in lessons and moving sensibly around the school. At lunchtimes, they are busy and active, especially when games are organised for them by adults, including the sports coach. Pupils say that bullying is rare. Specialist support staff are skilled in dealing with pupils’ social and emotional needs. Attendance and punctuality have improved. Staff work hard and are committed to improving the quality of education for pupils. Teaching assistants make a positive contribution to learning. Nevertheless, the quality of teaching across the school is inconsistent, particularly in mathematics. As a result, pupils often have gaps in their understanding. Leaders have begun to address this, but improvements have not been quick enough and too many pupils continue to struggle. Governors have not done enough to hold leaders to account.