Roughwood Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school.

The Executive Headteacher provides a clear direction for school improvement. She is well supported by senior and middle leaders and an effective governing body. As a result, the quality of teaching and learning has improved well since the previous inspection.

Pupils of all abilities achieve well throughout school and make good progress in reading, writing and mathematics. The children's experiences in the early years prepare them well for their future learning. The school is increasingly reducing the gap between the achievement of disadvantaged pupils and that of others.

The quality of teaching is good. Teachers' expectations ar...e high and they make good use of marking and feedback overall to help pupils improve their own work. Pupils are well behaved and feel safe.

They are considerate and thoughtful towards their teachers and other pupils. They take a pride in their work and present it well. The well-planned curriculum successfully promotes pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and their enjoyment of learning.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : The quality of teaching is not yet outstanding. As a result, pupils do not always make rapid progress. On a few occasions, teachers do not effectively check that all pupils are achieving as well as they could while they are working.

Teachers do not always ensure that all adults are deployed well to maximise pupils' learning in lessons. Pupils do not consistently retain and apply the vocabulary they need to secure and deepen their learning, particularly in literacy and numeracy.

Information about this school

The school is larger than an average-sized primary school.

The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils supported by the pupil premium funding is well above the national average. The pupil premium is additional government funding to support pupils known to be eligible for free school meals and those children who are looked after by the local authority.

The majority of pupils are White British. The proportion of pupils from minority ethnic groups is below the national average and few pupils speak English as an additional language. The school has a breakfast club run by the governing body.

The early years includes nursery and reception classes. Children attend the nursery part time. The school meets the current government's floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6.

An Executive Headteacher was appointed to run the school in September 2014 following the resignation of the previous headteacher. The Executive Headteacher also has leadership responsibilities for Greasborough Primary School and Herringthorpe Junior School and the three schools regularly work together. A significant number of teachers are new to the school since the previous inspection.