Moorfield Primary School
Wellington Road, Newport, TF10 7QU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Ian Bussey
- Constituency
- The Wrekin
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 278
- Pupils on roll
- 283
- URN
- 123435
- Local authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01952386470
About this school
Moorfield Primary School is a foundation primary school in Newport. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 283 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Moorfield Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 47 | 48 | 47 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 81% | 85% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 26% | 23% | 26% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | 96% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 94% | 96% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 92% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 110.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 110.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Moorfield Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Telford and Wrekin average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 81% | 59.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 85% | 60.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 62.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 278 |
| 2023/24 | 275 |
| 2024/25 | 282 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Moorfield Primary School compares
Moorfield Primary School ranked 9th of 40 primary schools in Telford and Wrekin for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 4.6% | 12.8% | 283 | — |
| Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School | 51% | 4.3% | 25.4% | 318 | 0.3 miles |
| Newport Infant School and Nursery | — | 4% | 18.5% | 217 | 0.4 miles |
| Church Aston Infant School | — | 4.7% | 9.8% | 48 | 0.4 miles |
| St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | — | 3.2% | 11.7% | 177 | 1.1 miles |
| St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and Nursery | 76% | 3.2% | 13.6% | 234 | 1.5 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.77%
- English as an additional language
- 7.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.58%
- Persistent absence
- 10.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Newport
-
Newport Infant School and Nursery0.4 miles
Primary · Newport
-
Church Aston Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Newport
-
St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Newport
-
St Peter's Church of England Controlled Primary School and Nursery1.5 miles
Primary · Telford
Other schools in Newport
- Church Aston Infant School Primary
- Lilleshall Primary School Primary
- Newport Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary
- Newport Infant School and Nursery Primary
- St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- Tibberton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Haberdashers' Adams Secondary
- Newport Girls' High School Academy Secondary
- The Burton Borough School Secondary
- Haberdashers' Castle House School Independent schools
- Harper Adams University Universities
Common questions
- What ages does Moorfield Primary School teach?
- Moorfield Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Newport.
- Who is the headteacher of Moorfield Primary School?
- The headteacher of Moorfield Primary School is Mr Ian Bussey, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Moorfield Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Moorfield Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Moorfield Primary School?
- Moorfield Primary School has 283 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Moorfield Primary School full?
- Moorfield Primary School has capacity for 278 pupils and 283 on roll (102%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Moorfield Primary School a faith school?
- No. Moorfield Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Moorfield Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Moorfield Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Moorfield Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 81% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Moorfield Primary School compare with other schools in Telford and Wrekin?
- Moorfield Primary School ranked 9th of 40 primary schools in Telford and Wrekin for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Moorfield Primary School's absence rate?
- Moorfield Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Moorfield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Moorfield 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 30 June 2026.