Rossmore School

Rossmore School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils enjoy their time at school and feel a strong sense of belonging, with positive relationships between staff and families highlighted as a notable strength. The school demonstrates a commitment to high expectations for both academic performance and behavior, fostering an environment where pupils feel safe and are encouraged to participate in a variety of clubs and activities. However, there are a few areas identified for improvement, particularly concerning the deepening of knowledge in certain subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils appreciate the supportive and caring school environment.
• Strong emphasis on equality and diversity within the curriculum.
• Effective support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• High expectations set by leaders and staff for pupils' work and behavior.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities enhancing pupil development.
• Teachers deliver curriculum content well and help pupils build on prior knowledge.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, teachers do not deepen pupils' knowledge effectively.
• Pupils in certain subjects do not achieve as well as they could.

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 Rossmore School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.0% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Rossmore 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 Rossmore School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.4% 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, 15.6% of pupils at Rossmore School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% 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 Rossmore School received £7,834 and spent £7,810 for each of its 189 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £32,000 (-£168 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 Rossmore School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Rossmore School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rossmore School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Rossmore School have?

Rossmore School has 192 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rossmore School cover?

Rossmore School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Rossmore School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rossmore School?

Rossmore School is at Red Lion Lane, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 1HF.