Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource

Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource is performing well, maintaining its reputation as a good school. The school fosters a friendly and inclusive environment, where high expectations for behavior support a positive culture among students. The curriculum is ambitious, allowing pupils to develop deep knowledge across subjects, although some areas, particularly mathematics, require clearer explanation and demonstration to ensure students are fully secure in their understanding. The school also prioritizes early reading, providing effective support for pupils, including those with special educational needs.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit kindness and respect towards each other and staff.
• The curriculum is ambitious and designed to deepen knowledge.
• Strong emphasis on early reading and phonics.
• Support for pupils with SEND is tailored to individual needs.
• Pupils enjoy a variety of extracurricular clubs and activities.
• There are numerous leadership opportunities for students.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack precision in how knowledge is explained.
• The school's ambition for the mathematics curriculum is not fully realized.

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 Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.5% 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, 3.2% of pupils at Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource 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 Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.6% 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, 15.3% of pupils at Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 15.3% 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 Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource received £8,585 and spent £8,673 for each of its 209 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £177,000 (£846 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 Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource last inspected by Ofsted?

Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource have?

Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource has 216 pupils on roll.

What age range does Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource cover?

Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 35% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource?

Moorthorpe Primary School With Inclusion Resource is at Regent Street, Moorthorpe, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 2BL.