Moorfield Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wellington Road, Newport, TF10 7QU – View on map
- Phone: 01952386470
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Ian Bussey
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 42 families put it first for 30 places – 14 for every 10 places. 71% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 14 · 2025 15 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 32
- % eligible for free school meals: 11.3%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Telford and Wrekin average)
- English as an additional language: 9% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 4.2% a year (Telford and Wrekin 13.3%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Telford and Wrekin: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Telford and Wrekin, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 74% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 26% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Telford and Wrekin average (66%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 80% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 80%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 85% · Maths 81% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 106
- Based on: 47 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 9th of 40 junior and primary schools in the area
- =6Windmill Primary School77%
- #8St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and Nursery76%
- =9Moorfield Primary School74%
- =9Wombridge Primary School74%
- =11Lawley Village Academy73%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,784 (2024-25)
35th of 39 primary schools in Telford and Wrekin for spending per pupil
- #33Dothill Primary School£5,835
- #34St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£5,785
- #35Moorfield Primary School£5,784
- #36St Luke's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy.£5,619
- #37Lilleshall Primary School£5,613
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