Rounds Green Primary School

Overview

Pupils are “enthusiastic about their school” and demonstrate “positive attitudes to learning” within a well-led academy. The school provides an “ambitious curriculum” that is “sequenced well,” ensuring pupils progressively acquire necessary knowledge and vocabulary. Inspectors found that leaders and staff work effectively to support all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, resulting in improved outcomes since 2022.

Strengths

• The curriculum reflects the school’s “Black Country location” and deepens pupils’ understanding of their local area.
• Effective adaptations ensure pupils with SEND or English as an additional language “access the intended learning” and integrate quickly.
• Pupils are “well equipped to overcome challenges” through ambitious provision, including a bespoke curriculum in the ‘additional learning space’.
• Strong provision for sport and enrichment, such as the ‘Albion ambassadors’ course, builds “confidence and independence.”
• Staff receive detailed resources and training, and leaders take account of “staff workload” to support effective practice.

Areas to improve

• Leaders should ensure teachers consistently provide opportunities for pupils to “further deepen their knowledge and understanding,” as some are not challenged to work at greater depth.
• Leaders must ensure arrangements to check what pupils have learned are “as well developed” across all subjects as they are in English and mathematics, so teachers can identify gaps consistently.

Safeguarding

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