Rosary Catholic Primary School

Rosary Catholic Primary School remains a good school that provides a nurturing and supportive environment for its pupils. The school is characterized by its warm atmosphere where staff actively encourage students, and many parents express appreciation for the care and compassion shown by school leaders. Pupils feel safe and happy, and they engage positively in their learning, supported by a curriculum that is largely well-structured and ambitious. Recent initiatives, such as the creation of a well-being room based on student feedback, highlight the effective collaboration between leaders and pupils to enhance the school experience. While there are notable strengths, such as a secure phonics teaching approach and effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), some areas require improvement. Leaders recognize the need to further refine the sequencing of subject content to address gaps in pupils' knowledge and ensure the connections between prior and new learning are consistently clear. Despite these challenges, the overall commitment to continuous improvement and the school's positive community environment contribute to its strong performance.

Strengths

• Warm and caring school environment
• Strong teaching approach to phonics
• High-quality curriculum aligned with national standards
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Strong focus on pupil well-being
• Engaged and attentive pupils in class
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent sequencing of subject content leading to gaps in knowledge

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Rosary Catholic Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Rosary Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Rosary Catholic Primary School had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.1% of pupils at Rosary Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Rosary Catholic Primary School received £10,234 and spent £10,546 for each of its 277 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £41,000 (£150 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Rosary Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rosary Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Rosary Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rosary Catholic Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Rosary Catholic Primary School have?

Rosary Catholic Primary School has 279 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rosary Catholic Primary School cover?

Rosary Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Rosary Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rosary Catholic Primary School?

Rosary Catholic Primary School is at 238 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, London, NW3 2AE.