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Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 2-11 109 pupils Salisbury
Ofsted: Needs attention
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Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in Salisbury for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 109 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026. In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: May 2026. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Church of England
Address Morgans Vale Road
Redlynch
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP5 2HU
Phone 01725510740
Reference Number 140112

General Makeup

Number of pupils 109
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.21%
Girls: 46.79%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 18.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 18.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 5 5 10
2 6 10 16
3 5 7 12
4 10 3 13
5 9 4 13
6 8 10 18

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 85.3%
White, Other 6.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
African 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.9%

Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School is performing at a good standard overall. The school has a strong commitment to safeguarding, with an open culture where pupil safety is prioritized. Recently updated leadership has made notable improvements in areas such as curriculum design, ensuring it is ambitious and tailored to meet the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities. However, particular attention is needed to enhance writing proficiency among students, as there are still gaps in knowledge and skills that need to be addressed effectively.

Overall Ofsted Rating Needs attention
 >  Leadership & Governance Expected standard
 >  Personal Development & Wellbeing Expected standard
 >  Achievement Needs attention
 >  Attendance & Behaviour Expected standard
 >  Curriculum & Teaching Expected standard
 >  Inclusion Expected standard
 >  Early Years Needs attention
Last Report Date 24 Mar 2026
Date Report
24 Mar 2026 School inspection
17 Jun 2021 School inspection
23 Feb 2016 Short inspection
01 Sep 2013 Academy conversion letter
20 Feb 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
29 Apr 2008 Full inspection:
27 Jan 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Strong commitment to safeguarding with a culture of safety.
  • Positive pupil behaviour and attitudes to learning.
  • Ambitious and coherent curriculum designed to meet diverse learner needs.
  • Effective support and inclusion for disadvantaged pupils.
  • Well-structured professional learning for staff.
  • Strong community ties and positive engagement with families.

Areas for Improvement

  • Significant gaps in pupils' writing skills and knowledge.
  • Inconsistent quality of interactions in early years affecting language development.
  • Some subjects lack effective checks on pupils' understanding, leading to learning gaps.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 33%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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 104
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 1.1
Maths 5.2

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 0
Third Preference 4 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School had 93 pupils for 120 places. 27 places (22.5%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Downton Primary” planning area

Wiltshire counted 106 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 84 in 2029–30, down 21%.

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 120120120120120120120120120120120
Pupils 821039999104105115109999393
Unfilled 31.7%14.2%17.5%17.5%13.3%12.5%4.2%9.2%17.5%22.5%22.5%

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 Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.1%3.7%4.5%3.2%3.6%2.9%2.1%7.8%3.9%4.6%3.9%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%0.9%1.1%1.1%1.0%0.9%0.6%0.7%1.1%1.1%0.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%0.0%

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, 1.1% of pupils at Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.24.15.90.01.95.90.01.70.96.93.41.1
Permanent exclusions 000000000000

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 Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School had 16.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 83.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.113.717.618.017.316.915.717.013.912.610.29.57.6
Teachers who left state teaching 20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%17.9%0.0%0.0%17.9%0.0%51.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –66.7%40.0%40.0%33.3%33.3%–33.3%83.3%33.3%33.3%66.7%–
Sick days per teacher –3.76.01.20.30.8–3.08.21.30.510.9–

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, 22.9% of pupils at Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Specific learning difficulty 10 1
Social, emotional and mental health 7 1
Speech, language and communication needs 4 2
Hearing impairment 2 0
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Physical disability 0 1

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 2023–24 Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School received £9,188 and spent £8,882 for each of its 85 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £124,000 (£1,459 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Magna Learning Partnership, income was £7,466 and spending £7,659 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

201920202021202220232024
Revenue reserve £73,000£51,000£44,000£113,000£132,000£124,000
per pupil £723£464£386£1,009£1,294£1,459
In-year balance £7,000-£37,000-£35,000£71,000£19,000£26,000
per pupil £69-£336-£307£634£186£306

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Hale Primary School
Hatchett Green, Hale, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 2NE
1.27 miles
Downton CofE VA Primary School
Gravel Close, Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3LZ
1.52 miles
Breamore Church of England Primary School
Salisbury Road, Breamore, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 2EF
3.19 miles
Whiteparish All Saints Church of England Primary School
Common Road, Whiteparish, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 2SU
3.27 miles
Alderbury and West Grimstead Church of England Primary School
Firs Road, Alderbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3BD
3.74 miles
The New Forest Church of England Primary School
School Road, Nomansland, Salisbury, Wilts, Wiltshire, SP5 2BY
3.9 miles
Fordingbridge Junior School
Pennys Lane, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 1HJ
4.74 miles
Fordingbridge Infant School
Pennys Lane, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 1HJ
4.74 miles
Name Distance
The Trafalgar School at Downton
Breamore Road, Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3HN
1.64 miles
St Edward's School
Melchet Court, Sherfield English, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 6ZR
4.54 miles
The Burgate School and Sixth Form
Salisbury Road, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 1EZ
4.64 miles

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Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School is part of Magna Learning Partnership, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

What is Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School have?

Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School has 109 pupils on roll.

What age range does Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School cover?

Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School?

Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School is at Morgans Vale Road, Redlynch, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 2HU.

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