Rosendale Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school. Pupils make outstanding progress in reading, writing and mathematics. By the time they leave the school at the end of Year 6, pupils' standards are consistently above average.

This picture of outstanding progress and very high standards of attainment is evident throughout the school. Teaching across the school is of an exceptionally high standard. It inspires pupils and is underpinned by the outstanding planning of the subjects that pupils learn.

This helps pupils to develop a wide range of skills as well as ensuring their excellent spiritual, social, moral and cultural development. Pupils' attitudes towards their learning are ex...emplary and behaviour in class is of a high standard. Around school, pupils' behaviour is good.

They feel safe and valued and the few incidents of unacceptable behaviour are dealt with effectively. Under the exceptional leadership of the headteacher, all staff work together as a highly effective team to drive improvement further. In spite of past successes, there is no sense of complacency.

Governors know the school well and are very effective in the way that they support and challenge the school to improve further.

Information about this school

The school is a significantly larger than average primary school. Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage are taught in a nursery class and three Reception classes.

There are three single-age classes in each year group in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, except in Year 3, where there are four classes. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which set out the minimum expectations of pupils' attainment and the progress that they make. The proportions of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs supported at school action are similar to other schools.

The proportions of pupils supported at school action plus, or who have statements of special educational needs, are lower than average. Their difficulties range from speech, language and communication needs, severe learning difficulties, physical disabilities and autism. The proportion of pupils who are known to be eligible for the pupil premium is broadly average.

This is additional funding for looked-after children, pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and pupils with a parent in the armed services. Pupils represent a wide ethnic diversity. Slightly less than half the pupils are of White British heritage.

Other large groups include pupils of Caribbean or African heritage. The proportion of pupils who do not have English as their first language is below the national average. The governors are responsible for an on-site breakfast club and after-school club.

The school has a children's centre which is inspected under a different inspection framework. Until April 2013, the school was part of a federation with another school. Following the dissolution of this federation and the resignation of the executive headteacher, the head of school, who had been responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the school, was appointed as the substantive headteacher.

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