Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School

Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School is a happy, friendly school where pupils achieve well overall and meet the expected standard. Inspectors found particularly strong provision in reading, writing and mathematics, with impressive vocabulary and oracy. Behaviour is a significant strength, pupils are respectful and attend regularly, and the school has an inclusive, ambitious personal development programme. Safeguarding standards are met.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well and make secure progress across the curriculum.
• Reading, writing and mathematics are particular strengths, with advanced vocabulary and oracy.
• Phonics outcomes in Year 1 are above national averages.
• Behaviour is a significant strength; pupils are respectful, honest and engaged.
• Attendance is in line with national figures, with persistent absence below national averages.
• Inclusion is central to the school's work, with effective support for vulnerable and SEND pupils.
• The personal development programme is coherent, ambitious and inclusive, with a wide enrichment offer.
• Early years transitions are highly effective and children's vocabulary and reading are well developed.
• Staff have secure subject knowledge and adapt teaching well for pupils with SEND.
• Governance is passionate and has championed inclusion, music and physical education.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years curriculum is very new and teaching during independent learning misses opportunities to deepen understanding.
• Leadership turbulence has slowed improvements in early years and foundation subjects like history and geography.
• Checks on pupils' learning are sometimes inconsistent, limiting identification of gaps.
• Foundation subjects are less advanced than reading, writing and mathematics.
• Some parents are frustrated by the turbulence in leadership.
• Governance must ensure weaker areas are improved in a timely fashion.

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 Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.9% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Morpeth All Saints Church of England First 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 Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 35.0% 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, 14.7% of pupils at Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% 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 Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School received £6,279 and spent £6,576 for each of its 206 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £94,000 (£459 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Cheviot Learning Trust, income was £7,854 and spending £7,859 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 Morpeth · Northumberland local authority: places and applications

Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School is part of Cheviot Learning Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• Morpeth Newminster Middle School Morpeth
• Morpeth Chantry Middle School Morpeth
• The King Edward VI School Morpeth
• Abbeyfields First School Morpeth
• Morpeth Stobhillgate First School Morpeth
• Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School Morpeth
• Thropton Village First School Morpeth
• Wylam First School Wylam
• Ovingham Church of England First School Prudhoe
• Ovingham Middle School Prudhoe

What is Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School is Needs attention, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School last inspected by Ofsted?

Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School have?

Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School has 231 pupils on roll.

What age range does Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School cover?

Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School for pupils aged 3 to 9.

Where is Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School?

Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School is at Pinewood Drive, Lancaster Park, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 3RD.