Morton Primary School
Main Road, Morton, Alfreton, DE55 6HH
This school is closed (it closed in February 2023).
It was replaced by Morton Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Erica Thornhill
- Constituency
- Bolsover
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 104
- Pupils on roll
- 106
- URN
- 112596
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Morton Primary School was a community primary school in Alfreton. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 106 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Morton Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 81% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.00 |
| Writing progress | +2.80 |
| Maths progress | +2.60 |
How Morton Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.4% | 18.9% | 106 | — |
| Morton Primary Academy | 67% | 3.5% | 25.5% | 103 | 0.0 miles |
| Stonebroom Primary and Nursery School | 56% | 5.7% | 44% | 211 | 0.4 miles |
| Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School | — | — | — | 65 | 1.2 miles |
| Shirland Primary School | — | 3.9% | 38.9% | 175 | 1.3 miles |
| Westhouses Primary School | 58% | 4% | 31.3% | 83 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.9%
- English as an additional language
- 0.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.4%
- Persistent absence
- 10.8%
Location
Nearby schools
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Morton Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Stonebroom Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School1.2 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Shirland Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Alfreton
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Westhouses Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Alfreton
Other schools in Alfreton
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Copthorne Community Infant School Primary
- Croft Infant School Primary
- Glebe Junior School Primary
- Leys Junior School Primary
- Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Morton Primary Academy Primary
- Newton Primary School Primary
- Riddings Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Riddings Junior School Primary
- Shirland Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Morton Primary School teach?
- Morton Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Alfreton.
- Has Morton Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Morton Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Morton Primary School?
- Morton Primary School had 106 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- What are Morton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Morton Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 11 September 2023.