She was director of the Royal Ballet School from 1952 till 1968.
She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award in 1961 for her services to ballet in Britain,and in 1968 she was awarded the OBE for her services to ballet.
She was a British ballerina and teacher, director of the Royal Ballet School from 1952 to 1968.
The Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award was created in her honour in 1973.
From 1926, she worked with Ninette de Valois as her assistant, then from 1931, ballet mistress for Vic-Wells Ballet.