Rosemellin Community Primary School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 9 December 2025

Rosemellin Community Primary School is a school that welcomes and accepts everyone. The school has high ambitions for its pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). However, pupils do not achieve as well as they could. Published outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of key stage 2 were below national expectations in 2025. Pupils learn in calm and focused classrooms. They build on their individual starting points as they work through the curriculum. However, in many subjects, due to inconsistencies in teaching, pupils do not build their knowledge securely over time. Gaps in pupils' basic skills of reading, writing and mathematics are not identified and addressed by teachers effectively. As a result, some pupils do not have the essential knowledge they need to equip them for their next stage in education. Leaders foster a sense of belonging that shapes daily life in school. Pupils demonstrate the school values of being 'curious, active, reflective and evolutionary' in the way they behave. Pupils show kindness and consideration towards one another. As a result, bullying is rare, and pupils feel safe. Most pupils behave well. When pupils' behaviour does not meet leaders' high expectations, staff address this quickly and fairly. Staff manage pupils' behaviour consistently well. They help pupils to learn from mistakes and repair relationships. Staff build warm and caring connections with pupils, who know they will be supported to make better choices. Pupils attend regularly, and leaders ensure that any barriers to pupils' attendance are reduced. Leaders make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND can take part in all aspects of school life. These include trips such as the annual 'awe and wonder' visit to London and residential experiences, such as camping on the Isle of Scilly.

What the school should improve

• Leaders should support teachers to accurately identify and address gaps in pupils' knowledge across curriculum subjects.
• Leaders should ensure that teaching is high quality and that all pupils secure the foundational knowledge and skills they need in reading, writing and mathematics so that pupils achieve well by the end of Year 6 and are ready for their next phase of education.
• Leaders, including governors and trustees, should ensure that there is effective leadership at all levels to enable the school to move forward with priorities more quickly, resulting in pupils achieving more highly.

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