Malpas Church in Wales Primary School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
296
AGES
3 - 11
GENDER
Not Available
TYPE
Nursery, Infants & Juniors

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This pupil heat map shows where pupils currently attending the school live.
The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils Pupil Level Annual School Census
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This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the Pupil Level Annual School Census collected by the Welsh Government. The data tells us where pupils lived at the time of the last Pupil Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The areas from which pupils are admitted to a school can change from year to year to reflect the number of siblings and pupils admitted under high priority admissions criteria.

3 steps to help parents gather catchment information for a school:

  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Adequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.17
Estyn grade
(01/11/2019)
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PRI

Teacher assessment data for primary schools is not published at school or local authority level by the Welsh government. Parents can view individual school websites for the Key Stage 2 (age 11) subject level results for pupils in Reading, Writing, Maths and Grammar Punctuation & Spelling (GPS)


23.4:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
92.5%
NATIONAL AVG. 91.5%
Attendance during the year
English medium
Language of the school
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12.6%
NATIONAL AVG. 23.7%
Free school meals
7.9%
NATIONAL AVG. 5.0%
Pupils with SEN support
Yewberry Close
Malpas
Newport
NP20 6WJ
01633 855998

School Description

Malpas Church in Wales Primary School is on the outskirts of Newport and maintained by Newport City Council. There are currently 339 pupils aged 4 to 11 years. Pupils are organised into 14 classes, two for each year group from Reception to Year 6. The school is an amalgamation of the former separate infant and junior schools. The two schools amalgamated in September 2017. The new headteacher was formerly the headteacher of the junior school, and the deputy headteacher was formerly deputy headteacher and temporary acting headteacher of the infant school. The infant and junior schools were each last inspected separately in 2014. The three-year average for pupils eligible for free school meals is around 7%. This figure is much lower than the Welsh average of 18%. The school has identified approximately 12% of pupils as having special educational needs, which is well below the Welsh average (21%). Most pupils are of White British ethnicity. A very few pupils speak English as an additional language. A very few pupils speak Welsh at home. Estyn does not inspect religious education or the religious content of collective worship when inspecting a school with a religious character. Instead, the governing body is required by law to arrange for religious education and collective worship to be inspected separately. Further information is available from the Welsh Government My Local School website at the link below. http://mylocalschool.wales.gov.uk/Schools/SchoolSearch?lang=en 1 A report on Malpas Church in Wales Primary School November 2019 Summary Pupils are happy and feel safe in school. Many enjoy their learning and most leave the school with suitable standards in English and mathematics. However, their standards in Welsh and information and communication technology (ICT) are not good enough. Pupils with special educational needs and a few who are more able make slower progress than they should. Too many pupils do not attend school regularly enough. In most classrooms, there are warm, professional relationships and a mutual respect between pupils and adults. Generally, teachers manage pupils’ behaviour well. However, teachers do not have high enough expectations to challenge more able pupils to achieve as well as they could. Teachers over-direct pupils’ learning and, as a result, pupils do not develop the skills they need to work independently or to solve problems for themselves. The recent amalgamation procedure has resulted in fractured relationships and poor communication between leaders and between leaders and staff. Consequently, the rate of school improvement recently has been too slow. Staff are not clear enough about their responsibilities and many do not have regular management time to address them. For example, leaders do not manage the provision for pupils with special educational needs closely enough. Leaders do not track pupils’ progress or monitor and review teachers’ work, or pupils’ attendance, tightly enough. This means that leaders cannot be certain that, over time, all pupils make at least the progress they should. Inspection area Judgement Standards Adequate and needs improvement Wellbeing and attitudes to learning Adequate and needs improvement Teaching and learning experiences Adequate and needs improvement Unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement Unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement Care, support and guidance Leadership and management 2 A report on Malpas Church in Wales Primary School November 2019 Recommendations R1 Develop communication systems and a clear strategic direction for the school to enable all staff to work together collaboratively in order to improve the school R2 Devise robust systems to monitor, evaluate and review the work of the school R3 Develop tracking systems to monitor and evaluate pupil progress and attendance robustly R4 Develop the governing body’s capacity to support and challenge the school and to fulfil its statutory duties R5 Improve classroom practice to support and challenge all pupils to become more independent learners R6 Strengthen the provision to support pupils with special educational needs What happens next In accordance with the Education Act 2005, HMCI is of the opinion that special measures are required in relation to this school. The school will draw up an action plan to show how it is going to address the recommendations. Estyn will monitor the school’s progress every four to six months, normally on a termly basis.

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