Brinkworth Earl Danby’s Primary School has been described as good to outstanding by Ofsted.

Inspectors who visited in February said pupils felt safe there and were encouraged to adopt healthy lifestyles.

The Ofsted report said that since the last inspection there had been a high turnover of staff but that the school was now heading in the right direction and praised the work of head teacher Sarah Findlay-Cobb.

The report said: “This is a good school.

“Pupils perform well academically and their personal development is good and in some aspects outstanding.

“Particular elements that are outstanding include the degree to which pupils feel safe in school and their awareness of the need to adopt healthy lifestyles.”

It went on: “The school has been through a particularly turbulent time since the last inspection with massive turnover of staff, including all leaders, significant restructuring and reductions in staffing and long-term absences.

“The impact of leadership on the school’s performance and on the school’s capacity to improve has been adversely effected by these exceptional circumstances as the pace of school improvement, while satisfactory, has been slowed.

“However, the headteacher provides resolute and effective leadership.”