Moor First School

Overview

Moor First School is described as a welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and cared for within a ‘Moor First Family’. The school has improved significantly since its previous inspection, now delivering a ‘Good’ quality of education with an ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum that supports deep knowledge acquisition. Pupils achieve well, display positive attitudes, and benefit from strong relationships with staff and peers.

Strengths

• The curriculum is ‘ambitious’ and ‘well-sequenced’, clearly identifying key knowledge and skills from early years to Year 4.
• Reading is a key priority; staff teach phonics with consistency, and pupils ‘relish reading the diverse and exciting range of texts’.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are identified early and succeed in learning the same knowledge as their peers.
• Children in the early years get off to a ‘flying start’, developing effective learning behaviours and confidence quickly.
• Attendance rates are positive, supported by a ‘relentless’ approach to identifying and addressing absences.

Areas to improve

• The ‘I do, we do, you do’ teaching approach is not consistently implemented across the curriculum, leading to variation in the quality of work and pupil learning.
• Teaching of handwriting is inconsistent; poor letter formation and orientation impact the accuracy with which pupils record their knowledge and skills.

Safeguarding

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