Malpas Church in Wales Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

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 muc...h 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.