The Roseland Academy

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is an outstanding school The leadership of the headteacher has been exceptional in bringing about improvements. Leaders at all levels, including trustees, have the very highest expectations of themselves and each other. Leaders have focused on securing excellent standards of teaching.

All members of staff have access to the training they need to secure their professional development. The school ensures that pupils are well prepared for the next stage of their lives. The progress made by all groups of pupils throughout the school is now outstanding.

Examination results in 2016 were well above average; substantial improvements are evident in the progress ma...de in 2017. The school has been particularly successful in improving the progress rates of disadvantaged pupils and those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. Leaders have developed a system to ensure that teachers make secure assessments of pupils' progress, particularly in key stage 4.

Leaders now plan to extend this successful system into key stage 3 and further accelerate the progress being made across the school. Leaders throughout the school are not complacent; the improvements made already are driving the ambition to be even more successful for their pupils. The drive for improvement is seen in the work of the trustees, who have equipped themselves well to challenge and support the senior leaders.

The curriculum for key stage 3 is broad and provides a secure base for learning in key stage 4 across a wide range of qualifications. The school offers many and diverse opportunities for extra-curricular activities. Engagement levels are high.

Pupils' conduct is outstanding. They are polite and respectful, and engage very well in lessons. Pupils' personal development is outstanding.

They are well informed about risks and how to keep themselves safe. The welfare of pupils is given high priority. Good support is given to those who need it.

Attendance overall is consistently above national average, but for some pupils there have been barriers to high attendance; the school has worked with them and their families to secure improvements.

Information about this school

The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website. The school complies with Department for Education guidance on what academies should publish.

In 2016, the school formed The Roseland Multi-Academy Trust with two local primary schools. The headteacher of this school is also the chief executive officer of the trust. There is one board of trustees and it is responsible for all schools in the multi-academy trust.

The school is smaller than average, and almost all pupils are of White British heritage. There are few pupils from minority ethnic groups and very few who speak English as an additional language. The proportion of pupils entitled to support by pupil premium funding is below average.

The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is below average. The school meets the government's current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress by the end of Year 11. The school uses the Acorn Academy in Truro to provide alternative provision when it is in the best interest of an individual pupil.