Ofsted: Good trending_up High Demand emoji_events #27 in Kent public Top 22% UK

Morehall Primary School and Nursery

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Am'e Moris

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location_onFolkestone, CT19 4PN

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2019

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Students

228

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Expected Standard

75%

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Demand Ratio

1.5x

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Morehall Primary School and Nursery is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Folkestone, serving ages 2-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Highly competitive: 1.5× more applications than places — plan well ahead. Ranks in the top 22% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Morehall Primary School and Nursery is an academy sponsor led in Folkestone, Kent, admitting pupils aged 2-11. It is part of TURNER SCHOOLS. The school has approximately 242 pupils on roll, of whom 29% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 10% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #27 of 424 primaries in Kent and #879 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.5× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.6:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

75%

LA 61%

Reading85% LA 74%

Writing75% LA 72%

Maths80% LA 70%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

83%

LA 60%England 61%

Reading93% LA 75% · Eng 74%

Writing83% LA 73% · Eng 72%

Maths100% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

87%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading93% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing93% LA 72% · Eng 71%

Maths93% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

110

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

3.8

Read

LA -0.4

1.5 to 6.1

2.3

Write

LA -0.2

0.1 to 4.5

5.1

Maths

LA -1.2

2.9 to 7.2

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

71%

LA 67%England 65%

Reading71% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing86% LA 81% · Eng 78%

Maths75% LA 77% · Eng 79%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.6

Read

LA 0.0

-4.0 to 0.7

1.2

Write

LA 0.1

-1.0 to 3.4

-2.9

Maths

LA -0.6

-5.0 to -0.9

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

46%

LA 65%

Reading57% LA 76%

Writing71% LA 80%

Maths61% LA 73%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3

Read

LA 0.0

-5.2 to -0.8

-2

Write

LA 0.4

-4.1 to 0.1

-2.5

Maths

LA -0.5

-4.5 to -0.5

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

04 February 2025

Inspection Report

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01 October 2019

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2019-10-01

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2013-03-05

Special Measures Historic EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2011-03-15

None Legacy

Inadequate

Education

Inadequate

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

Inadequate

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Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 242 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	242	0	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	238	0	0.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	241	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	237	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	229	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	233	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	228	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	224	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	223	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	217	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	200	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	181	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	182	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	177	1	0.6%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	177	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	177	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	181	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	186	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	186	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	178	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	187	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	192	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	193	1	0.5%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 11 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 5 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 3 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Visual Impairment 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils