Head Teacher Welcome Message
Dear Parents and Carers,
My name is Sarah Richards; I have worked in primary education in Leeds for the last twenty-six years with thirteen years’ experience of being a Head Teacher. I was fortunate to join Moor Allerton Hall Primary School in 2024 and I would love to welcome you and your family to our school!
Moor Allerton Hall to me, is family. We are happy together; our CARE values (Confidence, Ambition, Respect, Equality) and over-arching ethos of kindness and love underpins every aspect of our school community. As a staff team we truly believe in our children; we are aspirational for each child and we know each of our children as individuals.
We are set in extensive grounds in-between Moortown and Chapel Allerton in Leeds; each of our year groups in Key Stage Two has three classes and our younger children experience a smaller, nurturing setting, with two classes in each year. The children in our school are happy, confident and really enjoy coming to school; they are loved and cared for by our dedicated staff who cherish their personalities and who work hard so that every child achieves their potential.
Our curriculum is based around our SAFE drivers (Social Citizenship, Aspiration, Foundational Skills, Experiences (real life)). It is a progressive, creative and engaging curriculum which incorporates a varied and ambitious set of experiences for children, adapted for children’s varying needs with care and consideration for maximised learning.
Children only have one chance in primary education and this experience, in our school, is driven by capable and enthusiastic staff, an excellent and engaging curriculum with teachers and leaders who are focused on children achieving the very best outcomes, in a school where children who know how to handle challenges and build resilience; where children show patience and kindness, which is modelled to them throughout their day in school surrounded by enthusiastic, ambitious staff who have high expectations for achievement, behaviour and learning and teaching.
In Moor Allerton Hall Primary, we have gained several accreditations for our sports provision for all children; most recently gaining Gold Sports Mark and Primary School SEND Sports Award 2026. Our children work together across all year groups to support and encourage one another; watching our Year 6 children caring for and teaching our little-ones playground games is a delight!
In Moor Allerton Hall we aim to create an environment which is nurturing, caring yet ambitious, providing children with ‘roots to grow and wings to fly’. We are proud of our diverse, multi-cultural school family where everyone is accepted and where we celebrate our differences and enjoy learning about one another, ready for brilliant transition and engagement into every next phase of education.
You would be most welcome to come and visit us, especially if you are looking at MAHPS for the first time - please just be in touch. Moor Allerton Hall has begun a new phase, driven by ambition and my unrelenting passion for and belief in our children, their education and their future.
Mrs. Richards
Head Teacher
