Mora Primary School

Overview

Mora Primary School is described as a “community driven school” where the ethos of ‘opportunity for all’ is “strongly embedded.” The inspection highlights an “ambitious curriculum” that supports high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities. Parents and carers speak “warmly” of the school, viewing it as “welcoming and approachable.”

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate “Outstanding” behaviour and attitudes, being “respectful and courteous” while living by values to ‘aim high, be resilient and care for all’.
• Personal development is “excellent,” with pupils benefiting from an “array of enrichment activities” including trips, workshops, and musical opportunities.
• The curriculum is “carefully thought through” with “secure subject knowledge” among teachers who use practical approaches to develop understanding.
• Leaders identify the needs of pupils with SEND “accurately and with precision,” ensuring they are “well supported to learn the curriculum alongside their peers.”
• Safeguarding arrangements are “effective,” and pupils feel safe and confident in talking to staff about concerns.

Areas to improve

• Teaching does not “routinely check that learning is remembered and retained,” preventing pupils from building on previous knowledge or making detailed connections.
• Occasionally, reading books “do not match the sounds taught in class,” meaning pupils cannot “routinely apply their learning fully.”
• Pupils are not developing their writing skills “as strongly as their reading,” requiring further development in the approach to teaching writing across all year groups.

Safeguarding

The report states that “the arrangements for safeguarding are effective.”