Rolls Crescent Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. This is a dynamic, well-organised and rapidly improving school that is highly effective in responding to and meeting the academic, social and cultural needs of an ever-changing school population. Senior leaders, including heads of school and the executive headteacher, are highly ambitious and have successfully tackled all areas for improvement identified at the previous inspection.

Governors know the school well and know exactly what needs to be done in order for it to become outstanding. They are well trained, hold senior leaders to account and help to ensure that the quality of teaching and learning is continually improving. Pupils enjoy school... and are well behaved.

They attend regularly and say that they feel safe and secure. Pupils work well together and are very respectful of each others' religion, language and cultural traditions. The quality of teaching is good.

Teachers and teaching assistants are skilled and experienced in their roles. They know pupils well and plan activities, including educational visits, which broaden their experience. Staff promote pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development well in this harmonious and culturally diverse school.

The vast majority of pupils, including those eligible for support through the pupil premium, disabled pupils and those with special educational needs make good progress in reading, writing and mathematics throughout the school. The attainment of pupils in Key Stage 1 has continually improved in all subjects over the last three years. The vast majority of parents are highly positive in their views of the school.

They are highly appreciative of the many opportunities they have to participate in learning and get involved in the education of their children. The school is well known and respected in the community and works well in partnership with a number of schools in the Manchester Teaching School Alliance to share good practice in teaching and learning. Early years provision for children in the Nursery and Reception classes is good.

Children enjoy learning and achieve well. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Activities in class do not always capture and sustain pupils' interests. Teachers' questioning is not always sharp enough, and pupils are not always challenged to achieve to the very best of their ability.

The organisation of the delivery of teaching activities in the early years does not always lend itself to ensuring that the educational needs of all children are fully met.

Information about this school

This school is larger than average. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs is well-above average and increasing.

The proportion of disadvantaged pupils, those supported by the pupil premium funding, is well-above average. (The pupil premium is additional government funding to support those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those who are looked after by the local authority.) Almost all pupils are from various minority ethnic groups.

The majority of pupils speak English as an additional language. Children in the early years provision attend Nursery and Reception classes on a full-time basis. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress in English and mathematics at the end of Year 6.

The school offers a breakfast club, which is managed by the governing body. This is a constantly changing school that experiences high levels of mobility. At the end of Year 6 in 2014 the proportion of pupils with disabilities or special educational needs was exceptionally high at well over a third.

The school population is highly mobile. Approximately 35 pupils started the school after the beginning of the school year in September 2014, the majority of whom speak English as an additional language. A number of appointments have been made since the previous inspection.

This includes up to 10 teachers and several teaching assistants. The senior leadership team has been reorganised to include a new executive headteacher and two heads of school. One new governor has been appointed.