Rosebrook Primary School

Rosebrook Primary School is an inclusive and caring community where pupils are polite, kind and proud of their school. Staff know pupils well, have high expectations and are committed to their success, and pupils achieve well from their starting points. The inspection found the school performing well across its key judgements, with effective safeguarding and a clear vision from leaders. The school is part of the Ad Astra Academy Trust, and this was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic; under the current framework, no overall effectiveness grade was given. The curriculum is broad, ambitious and logically ordered, and the school has made notable improvements in mathematics, phonics and early years provision. Provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is a strength, including quick identification of needs, accurate support plans and a specially resourced autism provision. Early reading is well established, children make a strong start in the early years, behaviour is positive, attendance has improved, and pupils benefit from a wide range of enrichment and leadership opportunities. There are still areas to develop. The school does not always adapt the curriculum well enough for pupils with different starting points, so some pupils are not as successful as they could be in lessons. In addition, some curriculum subjects remain at an earlier stage of development, and leaders do not consistently measure the impact of their work or use that information to plan next steps, leaving some uncertainty about which developments are having the greatest effect on pupils' achievement.

Strengths

• Inclusive, caring community with polite and kind pupils
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff
• High expectations and improving achievement from pupils' starting points
• Broad, ambitious and logically ordered curriculum
• Strong SEND provision, including a specially resourced autism provision
• Quick identification of SEND and accurate support plans
• Well-established early reading curriculum with effective interventions
• Strong start in early years and well-managed transition to Year 1
• Positive behaviour in lessons and around school
• Wide enrichment activities, educational visits and pupil leadership roles
• Rigorous approach to attendance leading to regular and punctual attendance
• Clear leadership vision, effective trust oversight and well-supported staff
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum adaptation is inconsistent across classes, so some pupils cannot access the work set
• Some curriculum subjects remain at an earlier stage of development
• The school does not always measure the impact of its work or use this to plan next steps
• In some aspects, leaders are unclear about which curriculum developments most improve pupils' achievement

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 Rosebrook Primary School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.4% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Rosebrook 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 Rosebrook Primary School had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.5% 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, 26.8% of pupils at Rosebrook Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 10 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 2024–25 Rosebrook Primary School received £7,812 and spent £7,668 for each of its 408 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £398,000 (£977 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Ad Astra Academy Trust, income was £7,778 and spending £7,741 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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Rosebrook Primary School is part of Ad Astra Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Crooksbarn Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• Ayresome Primary School Middlesbrough
• Sunnyside Academy Middlesbrough
• West Park Primary School Hartlepool
• Brougham Primary School Hartlepool
• West View Primary School Hartlepool
• Deaf Hill Primary School Trimdon Station
• Barnard Grove Primary School Hartlepool
• Kelloe Primary School Kelloe

What is Rosebrook Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rosebrook Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Rosebrook Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rosebrook Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Rosebrook Primary School have?

Rosebrook Primary School has 407 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rosebrook Primary School cover?

Rosebrook Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rosebrook Primary School?

Rosebrook Primary School is at Rudyard Avenue, Roseworth, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 9LF.