The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School: With Hearing Impairment Resource is part of the Pontefract Multi-Academy Trust. It joined the trust in April 2013. Between April and October 2018, a new team of trust leaders, including a new chief executive officer, was appointed. The school is an average-sized primary school. It has a special educational needs resource base for 16 hearing-impaired pupils. The vast majority of pupils are of White British heritage. The proportion of pupils with SEND is below average. The proportion of pupils with an education, health and care plan is well above average. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils is just below average. Children attend part time in Nursery and full time in Reception. The school has a breakfast club for its pupils. Inspection report: The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School, 5–6 March 2019 Page 8 of 10 Information about this inspection Inspectors observed a range of teaching and learning in every class in the school. Some observations were joint with senior leaders. Inspectors spoke with pupils, both individually and in groups, to gather their views about the school. Inspectors reviewed pupils’ work in lessons and scrutinised samples of pupils’ work in their books. Inspectors listened to pupils read. The lead inspector held a meeting with the chair of the governing body and three other governors. The lead inspector held a meeting with the trust chief executive officer (CEO) and the executive director of teaching and learning. Inspectors also held meetings with senior leaders and other staff. Inspectors looked at the school’s review of its own performance, the school’s development and improvement plans, several school policies and the minutes of meetings of the governing body. They scrutinised the school’s latest pupil assessment information, together with a range of documentation in relation to safeguarding, behaviour and attendance. Inspectors analysed the 54 responses to Ofsted’s online questionnaire for parents, Parent View. They also analysed the responses to the school’s own pupil and staff questionnaires. Inspection team Rebecca Clayton, lead inspector Ofsted Inspector Karine Hendley Her Majesty’s Inspector Zoe Westley Ofsted Inspector Inspection report: The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School, 5–6 March 2019 Page 9 of 10 Any complaints about the inspection or the report should be made following the procedures set out in the guidance ‘Raising concerns and making a complaint about Ofsted’, which is available from Ofsted’s website: www.gov.uk/government/publications/complaints-about-ofsted. If you would like Ofsted to send you a copy of the guidance, please telephone 0300 123 4234, or email [email protected].