Moorfield Learning Centre

Overview

Moorfield Learning Centre provides a “caring environment” where pupils, many of whom have missed significant education, achieve well from their starting points. The school is judged “Good” overall, with “Outstanding” behaviour and attitudes, helping pupils become “confident and ready to lead independent lives.”

Strengths

• Pupils display “impressive” behaviour, managing themselves well and looking after each other without adult supervision.
• The “ambitious curriculum,” particularly in music and art, deepens pupils’ experiences and inspires them to become “confident learners.”
• Staff skilfully adapt teaching to address gaps in learning, ensuring pupils acquire essential skills in English and mathematics.
• Personal development is a high priority, with effective careers guidance and education on safety, relationships, and exploitation.
• Leaders have created a culture that supports pupils’ independence, resulting in “extraordinary gains” in attendance.

Areas to improve

• The school must ensure important knowledge in some subjects is “clearly identified” so teachers know precisely what to teach and when.
• Strategies for supporting pupils at the earliest stages of reading are not yet embedded; staff need better expertise in teaching phonics to help pupils become “confident and fluent readers.”

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective,” with robust policies and well-trained staff.