Malpas Park Primary School, Newport

Malpas Park Primary School is an English-medium school in Wales. Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn rather than Ofsted, and its latest report is published on Estyn's website.

It had 220 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 4% have additional learning needs (22% in 2020/21); 6% are learning English as an additional language; and 17% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 24 pupils (Year 6) to 30 (Year 3).

Estyn's report on its March 2026 inspection summarises Malpas Park Primary School like this:

"Malpas Park Primary is a welcoming school where staff and pupils feel valued and supported. The headteacher provides purposeful leadership and promotes a shared vision of high expectations. She builds strong teamwork among staff, enabling them to support pupils’ well-being and learning effectively. As a result, pupils behave well, show respect and kindness, and demonstrate positive attitudes to learning. Across the school, many pupils make good progress in their learning, including those with additional learning needs (ALN). Many pupils develop their oracy, writing and mathematical skills effectively and apply these across different areas of the curriculum. Pupils develop their Welsh oracy skills progressively and use Welsh with growing confidence."

"Pupils’ digital skills are particularly strong, with teachers providing purposeful opportunities for pupils to build these skills progressively and use them in real world contexts. However, pupils’ reading skills are less well developed. Although most read with suitable fluency, teachers do not plan effectively to build their wider reading skills, and this limits how well pupils use reading to support learning in other subjects. Staff design a curriculum that develops pupils’ skills and provides authentic learning experiences that make learning meaningful. Teachers use assessment information effectively to plan suitable activities and provide valuable feedback that supports pupils to improve their work. Pupils have regular opportunities to reflect on their learning, refine their work and make decisions about their next steps. They develop as independent and creative learners who enjoy taking responsibility for their progress."

"Leaders use effective monitoring to identify the school’s strengths and areas for development. They use this information well to support school improvement planning. They focus on the most important priorities and use ongoing monitoring to measure the impact of actions on pupils’ progress. Although leaders identify reading as an area requiring improvement, current actions have yet to bring about the intended impact. Governors fulfil their roles effectively, understand the school’s improvement work, and keep suitable track of attendance and finances."

Estyn made 1 recommendation: (1) Improve the teaching of reading to ensure pupils develop their skills progressively.

In its own words: "As a school we decided that a variety of celebrations should be held to commemorate this landmark occasion. To see some examples of the celebrations and the variety of work that the children have undertaken when learning about the history of the school then please click on the appropriate links below."

From the headteacher's welcome: "We hope that the following information will give you an insight into our school, our values and our vision. Malpas Park Primary School is a special place. Our children are happy, motivated, enthusiastic and independent learners."

The nearest other state primary schools to Malpas Park Primary School are Malpas Court Primary School (0.3 miles), Malpas Church In Wales Primary School (0.5 miles), Ysgol Gymraeg Ifor Hael (0.6 miles) and Millbrook Primary School (0.7 miles).

The nearest railway station is Newport (S Wales) Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

25 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Malpas Park Primary School (outside), 70 metres away.