Marston Moreteyne VC School

Marston Moreteyne VC School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all inspected areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. This is the school's first full inspection since its opening, having transitioned from being Church End Lower School. The school places a strong emphasis on student well-being and engagement, fostering a sense of responsibility among pupils while ensuring they feel safe and supported in their learning environment.

Strengths

• Pupils are kind, respectful, and feel safe at school.
• Teachers create engaging lessons that motivate pupils.
• The ambitious curriculum helps pupils progress well.
• Effective phonics teaching supports early reading development.
• Pupils with SEND receive appropriate support and make progress.
• The school promotes a respectful and diverse environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in teaching quality in some subjects.
• Some pupils have different experiences across the two school sites.

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 Marston Moreteyne VC School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Marston Moreteyne VC 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 Marston Moreteyne VC School had 23.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.0% 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, 4.8% of pupils at Marston Moreteyne VC School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Marston Moreteyne VC School received £6,864 and spent £6,677 for each of its 590 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £356,000 (£604 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 Marston Moreteyne VC School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Marston Moreteyne VC School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Marston Moreteyne VC School last inspected by Ofsted?

Marston Moreteyne VC School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Marston Moreteyne VC School have?

Marston Moreteyne VC School has 624 pupils on roll.

What age range does Marston Moreteyne VC School cover?

Marston Moreteyne VC School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Marston Moreteyne VC School?

Marston Moreteyne VC School is at Church Walk, Marston Moreteyne, Bedfordshire, MK43 0NE.