School where 'reading skills and attendance need improvement' hit with negative Ofsted report

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A school in Wigan still has to improve reading and attendance following their first Ofsted under a new academy trust, a report states.

Dean Trust Rose Bridge was rated as ‘Requires Improvement’ by inspectors, which is one grade up from ‘Inadequate’ which was their status under their old name of Rose Bridge Academy.

The school joined the Dean Trust multi-academy trust and reopened in February 2019. The Ince-based school was criticised by inspectors for their quality of education and the pupil’s attention which ‘contributes considerably to the underachievement of some pupils’. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community “In some subjects, leaders have thought carefully about the essential knowledge that they want pupils to learn,” the report published by Ofsted on May 4. “They have organised the curriculum well so that pupils can deepen their learning over time. “As a result, in these subjects, pupils are learning increasingly well. “In other subjects, leaders’ curriculum thinking is at an earlier stage.

These subject leaders have thought about the broad topics they want pupils to learn. “However, they have not sufficiently considered the key knowledge within these topics that they want pupils to retain.