Rosewell Primary School

Overview

The inspection team found that Rosewell Primary School and Nursery Class is a place where children are "polite, well-mannered and kind and caring towards others." Staff are described as "enthusiastic to lead change" and are trusted by senior leaders to improve learning experiences. The report concludes that the school has the capacity to continue to improve, with no further visits required in connection with this inspection.

Strengths

• Children are "keen to share their experiences" and are "very proud of their school and community."
• Staff "make good use of research to help improve the school" and feel "trusted and respected by senior leaders."
• Strong approaches to identifying needs mean children requiring additional support "make good progress."
• Early stage children experience "high quality learning through play," developing "independence and creativity."
• A "strong digital culture" allows children to demonstrate "growing independence and confidence" in using technology.

Areas to improve

• Increase opportunities for children to learn about "a range of different needs and cultures" to tackle discrimination.
• Develop systems to "track and monitor information about children’s progress, attainment and wider achievements."
• Target Pupil Equity Funds more closely to increase the pace of "closing the poverty-related attainment gap."

Safeguarding

The report states that the evaluation of "Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion" was "very good."