Moons Moat First School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. Pupils achieve well and leave school with average standards in mathematics and writing. Progress in writing is accelerating.

Pupils make rapid progress in reading and leave with above average standards. Teaching is good; some is outstanding, especially in reading. Teachers have high expectations of what pupils can achieve, especially in reading and writing.

Highly skilled teaching assistants provide outstanding support for those pupils who have fallen behind in their learning. Pupils work hard, behave well and feel safe in school. The school's leaders check the quality of teaching well and have an accurate view of its strengths and weakn...esses.

They provide excellent training to improve teaching and raise achievement, especially in reading and writing. It is not yet an outstanding school because : Teachers have not been trained to improve pupils' progress in mathematics in the same way as they are doing in reading and writing. Pupils do not have as many opportunities to practise their mathematical skills in other subjects as they do their writing.

Teachers do not always plan tasks that are well matched to pupils' abilities in mathematics or give them harder work in lessons when it is needed.

Information about this school

The school is larger than most other primary schools. All pupils are taught on site.

The school does not use alternative provision to support any of its pupils. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs supported through school action is above average. A high proportion of pupils have a statement of special educational needs or are supported through school action plus.

Most of these pupils have difficulties with speech and language. The proportion of pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals or belong to other groups for whom the school receives additional income (the pupil premium) is above average. The great majority of pupils are from White British backgrounds and speak English as their first language.