The Rosary Catholic Primary School

The Rosary Catholic Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across various domains including the quality of education and leadership. The school is noted for its warm and inclusive environment, where strong values guide pupil behavior and development. The focus on high academic expectations has led to improvements in the curriculum and increased pupil attendance, contributing to a positive community atmosphere. The school's commitment to ensuring pupils grow as capable individuals, both academically and personally, is evident in their diverse cultural experiences and leadership opportunities for older students. Despite its strengths, the school faces challenges in ensuring that knowledge retention is consistent across all subjects, particularly in newly developed areas of the curriculum. There are also concerns regarding the quality of written work among some pupils, as basic errors are not consistently addressed. Additionally, the relatively new governing body has yet to fully assess the impact of the school's efforts on all areas. Addressing these concerns will be important for the school to maintain and build upon its successes.

Strengths

• Pupils are welcomed warmly and demonstrate kindness and respect.
• High academic expectations are successfully communicated to pupils.
• Strong focus on reading promotes literacy development from early years.
• Effective support is provided for pupils with special educational needs.
• Pupils engage in leadership roles and participate in cultural experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• In some recently developed subjects, pupils struggle to retain knowledge over time.
• Basic punctuation errors in written work are not consistently addressed by teachers.
• The new governing body has not yet measured the school's overall impact.

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 The Rosary Catholic Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.4% 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, 1.8% of pupils at The 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 The Rosary Catholic Primary School had 19.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.1% 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, 17.8% of pupils at The Rosary Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% 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 2024–25 The Rosary Catholic Primary School received £7,336 and spent £7,783 for each of its 166 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £155,000 (£932 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Little Way Catholic Educational Trust, income was £6,895 and spending £7,177 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Stroud · Gloucestershire local authority: places and applications

The Rosary Catholic Primary School is part of Little Way Catholic Educational Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Stonehouse
• St Peter's Catholic Primary School Gloucester
• St Thomas More Catholic Primary School Cheltenham
• The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great Cheltenham
• St Catharine's Catholic Primary School Chipping Campden

What is The Rosary Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Rosary Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was The Rosary Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Rosary Catholic Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does The Rosary Catholic Primary School have?

The Rosary Catholic Primary School has 135 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Rosary Catholic Primary School cover?

The Rosary Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Rosary Catholic Primary School?

The Rosary Catholic Primary School is at Beeches Green, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 4AB.