Rokeby Park Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The headteacher has communicated an ambitious vision for the school.

Staff have followed her strong direction successfully to bring about rapid improvement. Senior leaders value the support provided by the headteacher and governors. Their work is now having significant impact.

Leaders and governors have made good use of partnership arrangements, links with other schools and work with consultants to raise standards. Clear expectations, targeted training and frequent monitoring have raised the quality of teaching to a good level. The welfare of pupils is a high priority.

Safeguarding arrangements are effective. High-quality provisi...on in the early years helps children to get off to a flying start in school. Outcomes at key stages 1 and 2 were well above national averages for 2016.

Pupils respect others, are polite and friendly and display good learning attitudes. They enjoy lessons, especially mathematics. Attendance has improved, though there is a small minority of pupils who miss too many days' schooling.

Pupils do not apply grammar and punctuation sufficiently well in their written work. Variable handwriting leads to inconsistent presentation. The coverage of subjects other than English and mathematics is inconsistent.

Progression in skills is not clear.

Information about this school

This school is smaller than the average-sized primary school. There are eight single-age classes.

Most pupils are of White British heritage. The proportion of current pupils known to be eligible for support paid for by the pupil premium is well above average. More pupils join and leave the school during the school year than the national average.

Children start school in the early years on a part-time basis in the Nursery and attend full-time in Reception. The school provides a daily breakfast club. There is approximately the same number of girls as boys in the school.

The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is slightly higher than the national average. The number of pupils with a statement of special educational needs, or education, health and care plan, is below the national average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of Year 6.

There have been significant changes in staffing and leadership since the time of the previous inspection. The headteacher left the school in 2016 and the new headteacher took up her post in November. Since the previous inspection, four teachers have left the school and have been replaced.

The school accesses valuable support and training through the Tidal Teaching School Alliance. In addition, the local authority provided support to the school from January to July 2016. The school meets the requirements about what it must publish on its website but does not meet requirements on the publication of information about governor attendance at full and committee meetings.