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Morehall Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Chart Road, Folkestone CT19 4PN · turnermorehall.org · 01303 275128
On the mapSearch near CT19 4PN
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 249
- 39 over 210 places · 119%
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 22.9%
- First language not English
- 12.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Turner Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 71% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 42 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 55 | 1.8▲ | 55% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 44 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 26 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Kent it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 140336)
Ofsted
Morehall Primary School and Nursery was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Feb 2025 found: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 4 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118519), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Requires improvement
Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118519)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (58 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 58
- 24% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (21%) with SEND