Roseacre Junior School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 19 March 2024

This is a school where pupils are happy and safe. They talk proudly about it being an inclusive place where everyone is welcome. Their school is founded around the values of respect, open-mindedness, safety, empathy, achievement, collaboration, resilience and enjoyment (ROSEACRE), and pupils live out these values daily. As one pupil explained, being 'open minded' and willing to 'have a go at anything' are important as 'you never know what you will be great at!' This positivity characterises the school. Pupils are known incredibly well, and relationships are strong. Pupils achieve well here, including in end of key stage assessments. Parents report that their children 'thrive', and 'come home every day telling me the interesting things they learned'. Behaviour in this school is exceptionally calm and settled. Pupils know how to conduct themselves well, and they take responsibility for making sure that their school community is safe and well. More recent initiatives such as 'Roseacre walking' sees pupils talking about how important it is that they are calm and sensible as they move around the school. A strong rewards culture permeates the school, with pupils excited to earn merits, badges, certificates, or even attend the 'Headteacher's tea party' if they are recognised for having demonstrated one of their core school values.

What the school should improve

• Assessment is not yet well embedded across some foundation subjects. As a result, staff do not always know how much knowledge pupils have remembered over time in these subjects. When they do collect this information, they do not routinely use this information to inform the next steps of teaching. The school needs to ensure that all foundation subjects have a systematic approach to collecting and using this information so that teachers can make precise adaptations to their teaching to support all pupils to do well.
• While the school has put together a programme of quality assurance activities, these are not always as purposeful as they could be. They do not provide the precise information needed to ensure that the curriculum is being implemented as planned. The school needs to ensure that these activities are sufficiently evaluative and show how well the curriculum is being implemented. This information should then be used to inform next steps.

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