Morton Primary Academy

Morton Primary Academy is a small primary school within the Tapestry Learning Partnership. Inspectors found safeguarding standards met and the school generally performing at the expected standard, with attendance and behaviour and early years judged strong. Pupils attend regularly, feel safe and behave well, and children in the early years get an excellent start.

Strengths

• Safeguarding culture is open and positive, and pupils feel safe.
• Attendance is above the national average and persistent absence remains low.
• Pupils behave well, classrooms are calm and relationships are respectful.
• Early years provision gives children an excellent start, with high-quality interactions and strong phonics teaching.
• Pupils develop secure foundations in reading, writing and mathematics.
• Pupils with SEND are included successfully and learn alongside their peers.
• Leadership and governance are effective, with strong trust and governor support.
• The play programme is highly successful and helps pupils build friendships and resilience.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of personal development experiences and community links.
• Parents value the school's caring and welcoming culture.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation is not consistently strong across all subjects.
• Pupils do not develop the same depth of knowledge in the wider curriculum as in English and mathematics.
• In some subjects, pupils lack meaningful opportunities to practise, secure and deepen their understanding.
• Achievement varies between subjects.
• Some evaluation measures are not closely matched to pupils' needs, making leaders' evaluations less precise.
• Some pupils do not explain their understanding of personal development concepts in detail.
• Pupils could be supported more effectively to develop their individual talents and interests.

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 Morton Primary Academy attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.8% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Morton Primary Academy 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 Morton Primary Academy had 19.4 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, 7.8% of pupils at Morton Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% 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 2024–25 Morton Primary Academy received £7,452 and spent £8,559 for each of its 102 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £72,000 (£703 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Tapestry Learning Partnership, income was £8,269 and spending £8,367 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). 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.

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All schools in Alfreton · Derbyshire local authority: places and applications

Morton Primary Academy is part of Tapestry Learning Partnership, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Castle View Primary School Matlock
• Langley Mill Academy Nottingham
• Laceyfields Academy Heanor
• Springfield Academy Nottingham
• Kensington Junior Academy Ilkeston
• Djanogly Strelley Academy Nottingham
• Djanogly Northgate Academy Nottingham
• Djanogly Sherwood Academy Nottingham
• Djanogly City Academy Nottingham
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Ashbourne

What is Morton Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Morton Primary Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Morton Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Morton Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Morton Primary Academy have?

Morton Primary Academy has 103 pupils on roll.

What age range does Morton Primary Academy cover?

Morton Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Morton Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Morton Primary Academy?

Morton Primary Academy is at Main Road, Morton, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 6HH.