Moorlands Infant School

Overview

Moorlands Infant School is rated as ‘Good’ across all inspection categories. Pupils enjoy attending school, benefit from positive relationships with staff, and are taught to be resilient and inclusive. The school provides a well-designed curriculum in many areas, particularly in reading and mathematics, ensuring pupils build knowledge over time.

Strengths

• Pupils are ‘proud of their school’ and treat each other as equals, with bullying described as rare.
• Leaders have designed a curriculum that allows pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to ‘build on previous learning’ and gain deep knowledge in subjects like history and physical education.
• Reading is a high priority; staff use assessment to support disadvantaged pupils, and children leave Year 2 reading ‘fluently and confidently’.
• Staff nurture pupils to become ‘resilient, independent and confident’, celebrating individual differences.
• Teachers appreciate leaders’ efforts to support their workload and well-being, fostering a positive staff culture.

Areas to improve

• In some subjects, the curriculum is ‘underdeveloped’ and not well sequenced, meaning pupils do not gain as deep a knowledge of important concepts as they do in other areas. Leaders must ensure consistent sequencing across all subjects.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are ‘effective’, with leaders promoting a strong culture where staff are trained to identify risks and pupils are taught to stay safe online.