A St Albans primary school that was told it requires improvement by Ofsted is taking "effective action" to tackle problem areas.

Margaret Wix Primary school was visited again this month by the education watchdog after receiving the below average rating in March.

The inspector praised the school’s action plan, which includes all the improvement points from the last full inspection, saying it is "clear, rigorous and focused".

Several actions have been aimed at improving the quality of teaching, including focusing observations on the achievement of more-able pupils, which has helped to raise expectations.

The timetable has also been changed to make sure pupils have the chance to respond to marking before starting a new piece of work.

Her Majesty’s inspector, Wendy Varney, said in a letter to the school: "School data indicate that the attainment gap is narrowing in all year groups. However, these encouraging results have not made you complacent and this area remains a high focus.

"You have adjusted your staffing arrangements so that both members of staff are able to intervene directly to support teaching and work directly with pupils to accelerate learning."

Since the previous inspection two temporary teachers have left and two teachers returned from maternity leave.

Three additional teachers joined the school in September, two of whom are newly qualified.

The school has been told inspectors may come back and carry out further visits, where necessary providing more support and challenge to the school, until it is next fully inspected.