Moorlands Junior School

Moorlands Junior School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in 2018. Leaders have cultivated an ambitious curriculum aimed at maximizing student achievement for all, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Pupils enjoy strong relationships with peers and staff, contributing to a positive school atmosphere where they feel safe and supported. However, some areas of academic performance, particularly in writing, have faced challenges due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting the school to take steps to enhance their writing curriculum.

Strengths

• Leaders promote high aspirations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Pupils demonstrate strong friendships and a sense of safety in school.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious, and well-structured.
• Pupils receive effective support in managing their emotions and behaviors.
• Reading is prioritized across all year groups, resulting in fluency and achievement.
• Strong provision for pupils with SEND, ensuring a tailored curriculum.
• Leaders and governors are mindful of staff workload and well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers lack sufficient subject knowledge to effectively deliver certain areas of the curriculum.
• Some curriculum activities do not deepen pupils' understanding of key concepts.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Moorlands Junior School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at Moorlands Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Moorlands Junior School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.0% of pupils at Moorlands Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 10 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Moorlands Junior School received £6,911 and spent £6,999 for each of its 329 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £10,000 (£30 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Moorlands Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Moorlands Junior School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Moorlands Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Moorlands Junior School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Moorlands Junior School have?

Moorlands Junior School has 329 pupils on roll.

What age range does Moorlands Junior School cover?

Moorlands Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Moorlands Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Moorlands Junior School?

Moorlands Junior School is at Temple Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 2LP.