Roskear Primary & Nursery School

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 5 November 2024

Pupils thrive at Roskear Primary and Nursery School. Everyone wants the best for pupils. Staff strive relentlessly to raise aspiration. They establish positive relationships with pupils and their families effectively. Consequently, pupils know that staff care for and respect their individuality. Pupils love their learning and play together well. They behave well in lessons and around the school. Sensible adjustments are made for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils' attitudes to learning improve, especially as they get older. Pupils rightly say they feel and are safe. Pupils enjoy the things they are taught. For example, they talk enthusiastically about learning to read, history lessons and the trips they experience. Equality of opportunity is promoted very well. All pupils are included fully in school life. Disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND learn alongside and as well as their peers, including in the early years. Pupils learn about cultures and beliefs around the world, as well as how to read, write and do mathematics. As a result, pupils are well prepared for life in modern Britain.

What the school should improve

• Staff expectations of pupils' handwriting and letter formation are not high enough. Pupils have to focus on the presentation of their work, or formation of letters, when writing across the curriculum and so the quality of what they write is sometimes limited. The school should raise its expectations of pupils' early writing so that pupils can write fluently and with greater effectiveness.

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