Main findings
From the report, Ofsted gathered that Rokesly Infants School offers a good standard of quality teaching and also exceptional care for pupils. The school lives up to their motto, ‘At Rokesly every child matters in every way’. Ofsted also found that parent/carers were equally pleased with the ‘balance between learning and other enrichment activities’ which was a statement stated by a parent and confirmed by the inspectors. Much of the success from the school was mainly due to the effective and gentle administration that the head teacher and leadership team possess who have a firm understanding of the schools strengths and weaknesses due to accurate self-evaluations.
Ofsted also wrote that although the population of the school is …show more content…
Themed weeks such as mathematics week with Mr Numerator and Green week enhances and supports the progress made by students. The 13 extra-curricular activities available is an outstanding aspect of the curriculum.
Assessments in some lessons which is said to be the ‘better lessons’ by Ofsted is used well to ensure that pupils refer to their targets for improvement throughout the lesson and therefore is the cause of above expected progress. However, in other lessons assessment is not effectively used and so pupils are not encouraged to evaluate their own work nor are they aware of their progression and areas of improvement.
The effectiveness of leadership and …show more content…
The governing body provides strong and well organised support which is focused on moving the school forward through increasing challenge and improvements. Although Rokesly has good levels of self-evaluation, and is generally accurate, its judgement regarding the quality of teaching was much too generous. The quality of teaching was good however there is plenty of room for improvement beginning with the application of assessments in all lessons. Equal opportunities are promoted throughout the school through the tracking of pupils’ needs, barriers to leaning being broken down and full access to the curriculum. The school contributes to its local community strongly and the links that are shared with the junior school that is on the same site are excellent. The school also recognises that more can be done to develop links with other parts of Britain and
From the report, Ofsted gathered that Rokesly Infants School offers a good standard of quality teaching and also exceptional care for pupils. The school lives up to their motto, ‘At Rokesly every child matters in every way’. Ofsted also found that parent/carers were equally pleased with the ‘balance between learning and other enrichment activities’ which was a statement stated by a parent and confirmed by the inspectors. Much of the success from the school was mainly due to the effective and gentle administration that the head teacher and leadership team possess who have a firm understanding of the schools strengths and weaknesses due to accurate self-evaluations.
Ofsted also wrote that although the population of the school is …show more content…
Themed weeks such as mathematics week with Mr Numerator and Green week enhances and supports the progress made by students. The 13 extra-curricular activities available is an outstanding aspect of the curriculum.
Assessments in some lessons which is said to be the ‘better lessons’ by Ofsted is used well to ensure that pupils refer to their targets for improvement throughout the lesson and therefore is the cause of above expected progress. However, in other lessons assessment is not effectively used and so pupils are not encouraged to evaluate their own work nor are they aware of their progression and areas of improvement.
The effectiveness of leadership and …show more content…
The governing body provides strong and well organised support which is focused on moving the school forward through increasing challenge and improvements. Although Rokesly has good levels of self-evaluation, and is generally accurate, its judgement regarding the quality of teaching was much too generous. The quality of teaching was good however there is plenty of room for improvement beginning with the application of assessments in all lessons. Equal opportunities are promoted throughout the school through the tracking of pupils’ needs, barriers to leaning being broken down and full access to the curriculum. The school contributes to its local community strongly and the links that are shared with the junior school that is on the same site are excellent. The school also recognises that more can be done to develop links with other parts of Britain and