Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy

Rosa Street Primary School has demonstrated good overall effectiveness, showcasing considerable improvements since its last inspection, when it was deemed to require improvement. The school is particularly successful in nurturing a supportive environment where pupils feel safe and valued, contributing to a positive and collaborative school culture. Notably, the implementation of structured mathematics teaching helps pupils grasp foundational concepts effectively. Pupils also benefit from a wide range of enriching activities that enhance their educational experience. However, the early years provision still requires improvement, signaling that while strides have been made, further work is necessary to ensure all children are adequately prepared for progression into Year 1.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and valued, contributing to a positive school environment.
• Leaders have significantly improved the school since the last inspection.
• Effective mathematics teaching helps pupils understand foundational concepts.
• Engaging extracurricular activities enhance pupils' overall educational experience.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND, ensuring they can participate in lessons.
• Effective safeguarding practices are in place, ensuring student safety.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years provision requires improvement to better prepare children for Year 1.
• Phonics teaching needs to be reviewed for effectiveness, particularly for less able pupils.
• Not all subjects have received equally careful planning, impacting curriculum coherence.

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 Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.8% 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 Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy 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 Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy had 25.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 40.0% 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, 27.3% of pupils at Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 2023–24 Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy received £7,757 and spent £7,031 for each of its 211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £195,000 (£926 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Melrose Learning Trust, income was £5,868 and spending £6,041 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 Spennymoor · County Durham local authority: places and applications

Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy is part of Melrose Learning Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy Ferryhill
• St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, Durham Durham
• Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School Durham
• Hutton Henry CofE (Controlled) Primary School Hartlepool
• Wynyard Church of England Primary School Wynyard
• St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School Darlington
• High Coniscliffe CofE Primary School Darlington
• Easington CofE Primary School Peterlee
• Abbey Junior School Darlington
• Abbey Infants' School Darlington

What is Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy have?

Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy has 245 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy cover?

Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy?

Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy is at Rosa Street, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 7NA.