Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School
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Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School is a converter academy in Morpeth for boys and girls aged 3 to 9. It has 231 pupils and room for 277. About 6 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 15 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 0% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted visited in May 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Pinewood Drive, Lancaster Park, Morpeth, NE61 3RD01670 512803mafs.cheviotlt.co.ukMrs Danielle Brett headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 6 May 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2022 | Ungraded | School remains Good |
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
Northumberland council has drawn an official catchment area for this school. You can see it on the map below; it covers about 72 square kilometres. Living inside it moves your child up the queue when there are more applicants than places. It doesn't guarantee a place: the council's admissions rules decide the order.
Set your home postcode at the top of the page to see whether you live inside it.
About 25 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Northumberland council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What a home inside the catchment costs
Every home sold inside the council's catchment area, of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 23.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 27.3 (England 27.3).
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (25), emotional and mental health (7), Moderate learning difficulty (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Other difficulty or disability (1), Physical disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 231 | 237 | 229 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 5% | 5% | 4% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 13% | 7% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 2% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 3.9% | 5.2% | 4.1% | 4.7% | 2.6% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 2.9% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3.8% | 2.3% | 2.3% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.0% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 1.0% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 7.9% | 9.8% | 8.1% | 11.7% | 2.3% | 4.4% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 1.3 | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for Morpeth All Saints Church of England Aided First School, the school this one replaced in April 2023. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morpeth Newminster Middle School | Academy | 510 m | 521 | Report card 2026 | 48 | Compare |
| Morpeth Chantry Middle School | Academy | 550 m | 525 | Report card 2026 | 56 | Compare |
| Abbeyfields First School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 324 | No overall grade 2024 | 84 | Compare |
| St Roberts Catholic First School, Morpeth | Academy | 0.7 miles | 177 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Morpeth First School | Council | 1.6 miles | 320 | Good 2022 | 59 | Compare |
| Morpeth Stobhillgate First School | Academy | 1.7 miles | 165 | No overall grade 2024 | 90 | Compare |
| Pegswood Primary School | Council | 2.6 miles | 133 | Good 2022 | 23 | Compare |
| Tritlington Church of England First School | Church of England | 3.5 miles | 30 | Good 2023 | 50 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School with the 46 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 46 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher
Of those 46 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitley Lodge First School | Council | 12.6 miles | 250 | Report card 2026 | 93 | Compare |
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 15 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 15% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 6 to 35. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 20% | well below | -0.81 | Ofsted report card, 0.4 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | above | +0.27 | 2024/25; 164 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School a good school?
The figures are weak. Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School scores 15 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 0% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 6 to 35, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.
What is Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 6 May 2026 it rated teaching as as expected, achievement as as expected, behaviour and attendance as as expected, leadership as needs attention.
How many pupils does Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School have?
231 pupils aged 3 to 9 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 277 places, so it is 83% full.
Is Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 25 places were empty in 2024/25 (11% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School?
Pupils were in school 96.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 8% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Morpeth All Saints Church of England First School?
The average class had 23.7 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Pinewood Drive, Lancaster Park, Morpeth, NE61 3RD
- Telephone
- 01670 512803
- Website
- mafs.cheviotlt.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Danielle Brett
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-9, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England, Diocese of Newcastle
- Multi-academy trust
- Cheviot Learning Trust (18 schools)
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Ward
- Morpeth North
- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2023 (academy converter)
- URN
- 149716 · LAESTAB 9293487 · UKPRN 10092374
- Formerly
- Morpeth All Saints Church of England Aided First School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Catchment area: Northumberland council open data (Open Government Licence), reprojected to WGS84.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.