Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School

Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School is a caring, well-led primary where pupils are happy, safe and attend very well. The early years provision and personal development programme are particular strengths: children benefit from a well-designed curriculum from Nursery, strong speech and language support and effective phonics teaching, while older pupils have broad opportunities to build confidence, responsibility and community links. Behaviour is calm and orderly, safeguarding is met, and governance has been strengthened since the previous inspection. Most other areas are secure, including curriculum and teaching, inclusion, attendance and behaviour, and leadership. Pupils generally progress well and are well prepared for the next stage, although published outcomes are below national averages in some measures, including reading and mathematics and for disadvantaged pupils. The school notes that its intake includes pupils joining at different points in the year and pupils with SEND, so published figures do not fully reflect how well they progress during their time at the school. The main areas for improvement are consistency in how the curriculum is adapted for individual pupils, especially those with SEND, and ensuring all staff help pupils write accurately and fluently, including spelling, punctuation and handwriting. Some learning activities are not well matched to pupils' needs, and teaching does not always reinforce accurate letter formation or punctuation, so some pupils do not achieve as well as they could. Leaders are already providing training and professional development to address these points.

Strengths

• Well-designed early years curriculum from Nursery that builds knowledge and skills across all areas of learning.
• High-quality early years support for speech, language and communication.
• Strong phonics teaching and early reading support, including prompt help for children falling behind.
• Effective support for children with SEND in early years so they can access learning.
• Well-designed personal development programme covering online safety, British values, respect and diversity.
• Strong pastoral support, including a caring club and mental health and wellbeing learning.
• Wide range of opportunities for pupils to develop talents and interests, including funding for disadvantaged pupils.
• Pupils attend very well, with leaders tenaciously tackling barriers to attendance.
• Calm, orderly school with clear behaviour routines and positive relationships.
• Ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum that builds on prior learning.
• Leaders have an accurate understanding of teaching quality and have improved curriculum delivery.
• Effective systems to identify and support pupils with SEND, and strong work with families and agencies.
• Well-led and well-governed school with strengthened governance and accurate self-evaluation.
• Positive parental views and good staff support for workload and wellbeing.
• Pupils are safe and happy, treat others respectfully and have no concerns about bullying.
• Many opportunities to contribute to the community, including school councils, eco council, care home visits and Remembrance Day activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some learning activities are not well adapted to pupils' individual learning needs, so some pupils do not learn as well as they could.
• Teaching does not consistently ensure pupils form letters accurately or use correct punctuation, so some writing is not as accurate as it could be.
• Curriculum adaptations for pupils with SEND do not always help them achieve as well as they could.
• Leaders need to ensure all teachers deliver the curriculum consistently well.
• Published outcomes are below national averages in reading and mathematics and for disadvantaged pupils, although the school context affects the figures.

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 Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.0% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Malpas Alport Endowed 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 Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.5% 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, 20.7% of pupils at Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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 Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School received £7,342 and spent £7,101 for each of its 247 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £90,000 (£366 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 Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in February 2026.

When was Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School was last inspected in February 2026.

How many pupils does Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School have?

Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School has 261 pupils on roll.

What age range does Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School cover?

Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School?

Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School is at Chester Road, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 8PY.