Rawmarsh Rosehill Junior School

Overview

Pupils enjoy learning at Rawmarsh Rosehill Junior School, where staff maintain high expectations and classrooms are described as “productive places where there is a hive of activity.” While the quality of education, behaviour, and personal development are rated Good, leadership and management require improvement, particularly regarding governance and parental communication. The report notes that while many aspects of the school’s work are strong, leaders have made “limited progress” in specific areas identified at the previous inspection.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well, including in national tests, supported by teachers with “secure subject knowledge” who provide careful activities to aid learning.
• The school has “effective checks on pupils’ knowledge of phonics and reading,” ensuring quick identification and support for those needing help.
• Pupils behave well, are “kind and courteous,” and have a secure understanding of fundamental British values and equality.
• Most staff appreciate that the school “prioritises staff workload and well-being sufficiently.”
• The curriculum is “broad and ambitious” and thought out in a logical order, with successful support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Areas to improve

• The governing body must work “consistently and robustly to challenge and support school leaders,” as it currently does not hold them to account sufficiently well.
• The school should improve its partnership with parents, ensuring consistent communication and reviews of support for pupils with SEND to address dissatisfaction.
• The curriculum in some foundation subjects needs greater precision in identifying core knowledge to reduce variation in what pupils know and remember.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, although some internal records do not currently capture all actions taken to keep children safe or wider communications with other professionals.