Morpeth First SchoolWhalton Church of England Aided Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Morpeth.

Summary of the comparison

Morpeth First School and Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School are primary schools in Morpeth.

Morpeth First School scores 73 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). Morpeth First School is ahead on our composite score.
Morpeth First School was judged Good and Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School was judged Good.

Morpeth First School versus Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	MorpethMorpeth First School	MorpethWhalton Church of England Aided Primary School	England average
Overview
Our score	B73/100Stronger figure	C66/100
Local ranking	81st of 118 in Northumberland Stronger figure	107th of 118 in Northumberland
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Voluntary aided school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	4-11
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	322	30
Capacity	300	70
Location	Morpeth, NE61 2AP	Morpeth, NE61 3XH
Pupils
Pupils in the census	322	30
Free school meals (ever 6)	11.7%	6.7%
English as an additional language	1.9%	0.0%
SEN support	10.3%	33.3%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.8%	13.3%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.8% Stronger figure	5.9%	6.2%
Persistent absence	8.0% Stronger figure	19.4%	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.