Moulton Chapel Primary School

Moulton Chapel Primary School is a small school with a high proportion of disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEN support. Inspectors found safeguarding standards are met and the school is strong in attendance and behaviour and in personal development and wellbeing. Pupils feel safe, attend regularly, behave well, and benefit from a wide range of opportunities, including clubs, sports and competitions. The school is also inclusive, and pupils with SEND, disadvantaged pupils and those known to social care take part fully in school life. However, achievement and curriculum and teaching need attention. Pupils' attainment at the end of key stage 2 is below national averages in reading, writing and mathematics, including for disadvantaged pupils, whose gaps are wide. The curriculum and teaching vary across subjects and year groups, and in some subjects pupils do not build knowledge in a logical order. Staff do not consistently address gaps in spelling, punctuation, handwriting and grammar, and support for disadvantaged pupils is not precise enough. Early years, inclusion and leadership and governance are at the expected standard. Leaders have identified the right priorities, governors provide effective support and challenge, and staff morale is positive. The next steps focus on improving attainment by the end of Year 6, especially for disadvantaged pupils, ensuring the curriculum is consistently well designed and delivered, and making sure staff quickly address gaps and misconceptions across the curriculum.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met.
• Attendance is above national averages, including for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils.
• Pupils behave consistently well in calm, orderly classrooms and shared areas.
• Personal development programme offers a wide range of clubs, sports and competitions with regional and national success.
• Pupils develop an impressive understanding of British values, equality and respect.
• Wellbeing support is a marked strength, with robust relationships and quick action.
• The school is inclusive, and pupils with SEND, disadvantaged pupils and those known to social care take part fully.
• Early years children settle quickly, feel safe and learn phonics and mathematics well.
• Leaders create a calm, caring school with positive staff morale and effective governor support and challenge.
• Pupils are proud, polite, respectful and feel safe.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' attainment at the end of key stage 2 is below national averages in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Disadvantaged pupils' attainment is below national averages for similar pupils, with wide gaps.
• Curriculum and teaching quality varies across subjects and year groups.
• In some subjects, the curriculum is not well designed, so pupils do not build knowledge in a logical order.
• Staff do not consistently address gaps or misconceptions in spelling, punctuation, handwriting and grammar.
• Support for disadvantaged pupils is not precise enough, and staff are not consistently aware of their next steps.
• Monitoring does not secure consistent practice in classrooms and wider curriculum subjects.
• The quality of spoken interactions between staff and children in early years is not fully consistent.
• Disadvantaged pupils' academic progress is less consistent than their participation.
• Pupils are not as well prepared for their next stage of education as they should be.

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 Moulton Chapel Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.9% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Moulton Chapel 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 Moulton Chapel Primary School had 17.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 27.1% of pupils at Moulton Chapel Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Moulton Chapel Primary School received £11,044 and spent £11,246 for each of its 70 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £120,000 (£1,708 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 Moulton Chapel Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Moulton Chapel Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Moulton Chapel Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Moulton Chapel Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Moulton Chapel Primary School have?

Moulton Chapel Primary School has 70 pupils on roll.

What age range does Moulton Chapel Primary School cover?

Moulton Chapel Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Moulton Chapel Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Moulton Chapel Primary School?

Moulton Chapel Primary School is at Eaugate Road, Moulton Chapel, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 0XJ.