Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant School

Overview: Pupils are well cared for in this school, feeling happy and safe, and forming strong relationships with one another and with staff. The school has a calm and positive atmosphere, with behaviour around the school being calm and pupils displaying positive and attentive attitudes when learning.

Strengths:

• Pupils are well cared for and feel happy and safe.
• Behaviour around the school is calm.
• Pupils display positive and attentive attitudes when learning.
• Leaders have high expectations for every child and are ambitious for pupils to succeed in learning and personal development.
• Pupils have many extracurricular opportunities, including learning to play a musical instrument, sewing, meditation, and many sports activities.

Areas to improve:

• Opportunities for independent learning in the early years curriculum are not planned well enough, limiting pupils' preparedness for the next stage of their education.
• Teachers do not check learning in some subjects as effectively as they could do, resulting in gaps in pupils' knowledge that are not identified.

Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with leaders and staff being vigilant and carrying out the necessary checks to ensure that all staff are safe to work with children.