Moorings Way Infant School

Overview

Moorings Way Infant School is described as a place where pupils feel "safe and happy" and are "excited for their learning." The report highlights a "nurturing ethos" and strong community links, with leaders demonstrating an "accurate and well-evidenced understanding" of the school’s strengths and areas for development.

Strengths

• Inclusion is rated at a "Strong standard," with leaders ensuring "highly personalised" support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs.
• Personal development is also at a "Strong standard," featuring "highly effective pastoral care" and a recently established 'parent hub' that strengthens family engagement.
• Pupils achieve well across the curriculum, accumulating "foundational knowledge" in reading, writing, and mathematics, and are "prepared well for their next educational steps."
• Attendance and behaviour are effective, with "high levels of attendance" and a culture where pupils "behave well" and instances of poor behaviour are "rare."
• The early years provide a "caring and family-friendly start," with children reaching required expectations in core subjects by the end of the phase.

Areas to improve

• Leaders should continue actions to "further strengthen pupils' writing" through staff training and "consistently high expectations" across the curriculum, as some pupils do not yet apply their understanding of grammar and punctuation in written work.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding standards are met, with leaders establishing an "open culture in which safeguarding is everyone's responsibility" and concerns are "actively identified, acted upon and managed."