Mossgrove Primary School

Overview

Mossgrove Primary School is described as a "welcoming and inclusive environment" guided by a clear vision of "Learning, Caring, Achieving." The inspection found that children are "proud of their school," enjoy their experiences, and are "making progress in learning." The report highlights a positive culture where success is celebrated and relationships are warm.

Strengths

• Planning, teaching, and assessment are "well structured and purposeful," enabling children to make progress with "clear learning intentions."
• The school has a "well-embedded culture of safeguarding and wellbeing," with children reporting they feel "happy" and "well cared for."
• Digital technology is used "effectively across the curriculum" to enhance learning, supported by a "coherent framework for skills development."
• Support for children with special educational needs is "very effective," including small group sessions and a transition to personal learning plans.
• Success is "recognised, celebrated and embedded" through displays, rewards, and strong home-school partnerships.

Areas to improve

• Re-establish the "collaborative approach to school improvement" with clearly defined roles within a "more distributed leadership structure."
• Extend "progression in play-based learning" from the nursery unit into the foundation stage to ensure greater coherence.
• Provide more opportunity for children to use "self- or peer-assessment" to reflect on their own progress.

Safeguarding

The report states that "arrangements for child protection align to the current statutory guidance" and that the school provides a "coherent and relevant preventative curriculum."