Great Moor Infant School

Overview

Great Moor Infant School is judged as ‘Good’ across all inspection categories, marking a significant improvement from its previous ‘Requires improvement’ rating. The report highlights that pupils benefit from a ‘stronger education’ driven by an ‘improved curriculum’ and the school’s ‘high expectations for their academic success’. The school is described as a ‘happy and safe place to be’, where pupils enjoy positive relationships with staff and demonstrate keen enthusiasm for learning.

Strengths

• The curriculum is ‘carefully ordered’ and ‘inspires pupils to learn well’, with teachers possessing ‘strong’ subject knowledge who effectively address misconceptions.
• Reading is a clear priority; ‘highly trained staff teach the phonics programme well’, ensuring most pupils become ‘fluent and confident readers’ by Year 2.
• Pupils exhibit excellent behaviour, treating each other with ‘care and respect’ and contributing to school life through leadership roles such as librarians.
• The school maintains a ‘sharp focus on pupils’ attendance’, taking ‘swift and effective action’ to support families in ensuring regular attendance.
• Early years provision is strong, with children settling smoothly and benefiting from ‘rich opportunities’ including trips and visitors.

Areas to improve

• Teachers do not always ‘adapt the delivery of the curriculum well enough to meet the needs of pupils with SEND’, hindering their progress.
• Pupils in key stage 1 have fewer opportunities to experience life beyond the classroom compared to early years, which ‘limits older pupils from deepening their knowledge of the wider world’.

Safeguarding

The report states that ‘the arrangements for safeguarding are effective’.