Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School

About Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School

Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School was rated Requires Improvement in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, a downgrade from the Good rating it had held since its previous inspection in 2014. The inspection report noted that while the school’s early years provision, personal development, and behaviour and attitudes were all judged Good, the quality of education and leadership and management both require improvement. On the most informative exam metric available, just 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year. That places the school 90th out of 110 primary schools in the Cheshire West and Chester local authority, putting it in the bottom half of schools regionally and nationally.

The school’s individual subject scores tell a more nuanced story. In reading, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard, with an average scaled score of 105, while in writing 66% met expectations and in maths 62% did so, with an average maths score of 102. These figures are mixed when compared with the local authority average of 61% for the combined expected standard. The proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard in all three subjects was just 10%, though 21% reached that level in reading and maths individually. Progress scores are not available for the school, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The school’s ranking score of 45, based on the combined expected standard metric, places it well below its top local peers such as Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School.

The school has a capacity of 315 and currently has 277 pupils on roll, with 19.5% eligible for free school meals, slightly above the national average. It offers a nursery provision for children aged two and above, and the main school intake for Reception in 2025/26 was oversubscribed, with 35 applications for 27 places and 26 first-preference offers made. Facilities include an outdoor playground, gymnasium, library and sports hall, and the school runs a wide range of clubs from chess and coding to film club and choir. Sports on offer include cricket, football, netball, swimming and athletics. The school’s SEND provisions cover moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that suits families who value a broad extracurricular offer and early years provision, but who are mindful that academic outcomes currently sit below the local average.

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