Rose Lane Primary School

Rose Lane Primary School has received an overall effectiveness rating of 'requires improvement' in its latest inspection. The school has seen a decline since its last inspection, where it was rated 'good.' Notably, while pupils enjoy a variety of subjects and the school prioritizes social and emotional development, there is significant inconsistency in curriculum delivery, impacting overall learning outcomes. Leadership and management have been recognized as areas needing improvement, particularly in ensuring high expectations and effective assessment practices across all subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning a wide range of subjects.
• The school provides a range of after-school activities.
• Relationships around the school are warm and positive.
• Pupils with SEND are accurately identified and supported.
• Leaders' work to encourage personal development is well considered.
• Pupils are given roles of responsibility enhancing their leadership skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation is inconsistent across subjects.
• Pupils do not read at the expected level for their age.
• Assessment practices do not effectively identify gaps in knowledge.
• Staff lack sufficient training to teach phonics effectively.
• Governors do not have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths and weaknesses.

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 Rose Lane Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.2% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Rose Lane 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 Rose Lane Primary School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.1% 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, 15.5% of pupils at Rose Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 11 pupils.

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 Rose Lane Primary School received £9,295 and spent £9,576 for each of its 567 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £213,000 (£375 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 Rose Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rose Lane Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Rose Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rose Lane Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Rose Lane Primary School have?

Rose Lane Primary School has 582 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rose Lane Primary School cover?

Rose Lane Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Rose Lane Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rose Lane Primary School?

Rose Lane Primary School is at Rose Lane, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex, RM6 5NJ.