Morton Trentside Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Crooked Billet Street
Morton
Morton Trentside Primary School
Gainsborough
Lincolnshire
DN21 3AH
Phone 01427613472
Reference Number 120464

Morton Trentside Primary School is performing well overall, continuing its status as a good school since its last inspection in 2012. The school provides a happy, safe, and caring environment where pupils are encouraged to care, inspire, thrive, and achieve. Staff and pupils share a strong sense of pride in the school, with a notable commitment to respect and support among peers. Educational leadership is focused on delivering a broad and ambitious curriculum, emphasizing personal development and fostering a love of reading, alongside providing a range of extracurricular opportunities.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 183
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.18%
Girls: 50.82%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 32.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 26.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 10 7 17
2 13 10 23
3 14 15 29
4 9 16 25
5 14 12 26
6 14 14 28

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 90.2%
Unclassified 3.8%
Mixed, Other 2.2%
White, Other 1.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 21 Mar 2023
Date Report
21 Mar 2023 School inspection
28 Mar 2017 Short inspection
25 Apr 2012 Full inspection:
24 Mar 2010 Full inspection:
08 Oct 2009 Monitoring visit
06 May 2009 Monitoring visit
27 Jan 2009 Monitoring visit
03 Jul 2008 Full inspection:
12 Jan 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Highly positive attitudes to learning among pupils
  • Strong emphasis on reading and phonics education
  • Positive relationships and supportive environment for pupils
  • Effective support for pupils with special educational needs
  • Broad and ambitious curriculum developed by leaders
  • Proactive involvement of pupils in leadership roles

Areas for Improvement

  • Some subject curriculums lack the necessary ambition and challenge

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 71%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 7%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 3.1
Writing -0.2
Maths 1.3

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 14 0
Third Preference 8 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
The Gainsborough Nursery School
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0.55 miles
Mercer's Wood Academy
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0.61 miles
Castle Wood Academy
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0.83 miles
The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School
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1.04 miles
Handel House Preparatory School
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1.08 miles
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1.59 miles
White's Wood Academy
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1.63 miles
The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy
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1.69 miles
The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School
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1.7 miles
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2.03 miles
Beckingham Primary School
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2.09 miles
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2.22 miles
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2.47 miles
Misterton Primary and Nursery School
Grovewood Road, Misterton, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN10 4EH
2.71 miles
Blyton Cum Laughton Church of England School
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3.46 miles
Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary School
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3.62 miles
Corringham CofE VC Primary School
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3.97 miles
St Peter's CofE Primary and Nursery School
Mill Road, Gringley-on-the-Hill, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN10 4QT
4.64 miles
North Wheatley Church of England Primary School
Sturton Road, South Wheatley, North Wheatley C of E Primary, Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 9DH
4.69 miles
Name Distance
The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough
Morton Terrace, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 2ST
0.49 miles
Castles Education
12 Acland Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 2SU
0.98 miles
The Gainsborough Academy
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1.37 miles
Aegir - A Specialist Academy
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1.45 miles
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