Rosegrove Infant School

Overview

Rosegrove Infant School is described as a “warm and friendly” environment where pupils are “proud to attend” and enjoy “strong relationships with nurturing staff.” The report highlights a “broad, balanced and ambitious” curriculum that supports high expectations for achievement, with parents and carers being “highly positive” about the provision.

Strengths

• The curriculum is well-structured, with key knowledge and skills that “build coherently over time,” allowing pupils to achieve well across a wide range of subjects.
• The school is “robust in its approach” to identifying and meeting the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they learn successfully alongside peers.
• Teaching of phonics is prioritised from Reception, helping pupils become “confident, fluent readers” through consistent delivery and matched reading books.
• Behaviour is excellent, with pupils being “kind to each other” and keen to help others, supported by “embedded behaviour routines” that create a “calm and purposeful atmosphere.”
• Governors provide “effective support and challenge,” while staff feel supported regarding workload and well-being.

Areas to improve

• In a small number of subjects, assessment strategies are not fully effective in checking if pupils have remembered prior knowledge, meaning the school is “not aware of some gaps in pupils’ understanding.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”