Moor Allerton Hall Primary School

After a period of significant staffing change, including a new headteacher appointed in March 2024, Moor Allerton Hall Primary is not yet delivering a consistently good quality of education. Inspectors found that standards have slipped since the previous inspection and that leaders’ improvement actions are only beginning to have an impact. The school is ambitious and has recently revised its curriculum, but weaknesses in the previous curriculum have left gaps in pupils’ knowledge that are not being identified or closed, and teaching is not applied consistently across subjects. Strengths remain in pupils’ behaviour and personal development. Pupils are happy and feel supported, behave well, benefit from a wide range of clubs, visits and visitors, and develop a strong understanding of safety and life in modern Britain. Early reading is a particular strength: phonics is taught consistently from Reception and pupils read often with effective support. Pupils with SEND are identified accurately and the resourced provision for deaf and hearing-impaired pupils provides expert, personalised support. Safeguarding is effective. However, writing is a significant concern: the new approach is not embedded, errors are not routinely addressed, and 2024 Year 6 outcomes were significantly below average. Early years provision is also not yet consistently effective because activities and resources are not used well enough to prepare children for future learning. Leadership and governance need to strengthen: governors do not always challenge leaders robustly, and some parents have concerns, although leaders are working with them. The school’s actions are appropriate but need more time to embed.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy school and feel happy, safe and supported with their worries.
• Pupils know and follow the school rules and CARE values, and most concentrate well in lessons.
• Behaviour and attitudes are good, with strong routines and consistent expectations in Reception.
• Personal development is effective, with a wide range of clubs, visits, visitors and pupil responsibilities.
• Reading is a high priority, and phonics is taught consistently from the start of Reception.
• Pupils practise reading often and receive effective additional support when needed.
• Pupils with SEND are identified accurately and supported well, including expert personalised provision for deaf and hearing-impaired pupils.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Pupils develop a strong understanding of safety, online safety, mental health and life in modern Britain.
• The school provides effective support for pupils who are new to English.
• Governors fulfil their statutory duties and staff appreciate leaders’ support for their wellbeing.

Areas for Improvement

• Standards have dropped since the previous inspection amid considerable staffing and leadership changes.
• Curriculum implementation is inconsistent across subjects, and teaching does not regularly help pupils learn the intended important knowledge.
• Gaps in pupils’ prior knowledge are not identified precisely or addressed, which limits new learning and achievement.
• The approach to teaching writing is not embedded, errors are not routinely addressed, and 2024 Year 6 outcomes were significantly below average.
• Early years activities and resources are not used consistently well to prepare children for future learning.
• Weaknesses in the overall curriculum also inhibit the progress of some pupils with SEND.
• Governors sometimes too readily accept what leaders tell them rather than challenging the impact of actions robustly.
• Some parents have concerns about aspects of the school, although leaders are collaborating with them.
• Leaders’ effective actions to raise standards need more time to embed.

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 Moor Allerton Hall Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.0% 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, 2.1% of pupils at Moor Allerton Hall Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were 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 Moor Allerton Hall Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 32.0% 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, 17.2% of pupils at Moor Allerton Hall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Moor Allerton Hall Primary School received £7,741 and spent £8,237 for each of its 505 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £322,000 (-£638 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 Moor Allerton Hall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Moor Allerton Hall Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Moor Allerton Hall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Moor Allerton Hall Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Moor Allerton Hall Primary School have?

Moor Allerton Hall Primary School has 505 pupils on roll.

What age range does Moor Allerton Hall Primary School cover?

Moor Allerton Hall Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Moor Allerton Hall Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Moor Allerton Hall Primary School?

Moor Allerton Hall Primary School is at Lidgett Lane, Lidgett Lane, Select, West Yorkshire, LS17 6QP.