Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Northumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 12 November 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 8 July 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry29 applications · 19 places offered · 19 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2021 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2020 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2019 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2018 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2017 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2016 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2015 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2014 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.5
- This school
- Northumberland median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 19 | 29 | 1.5 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 21 | 34 | 1.6 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 23 | 35 | 1.5 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 25 | 34 | 1.4 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 38 | 1.3 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 20 | 34 | 1.7 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 42 | 1.4 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 | 27 | 41 | 1.5 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 17 | 26 | 1.5 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 38 | 1.3 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 | 22 | 34 | 1.6 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 24 | 35 | 1.5 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 25 | 29 | 1.2 | 25 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Northumberland median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | ||||
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Amble Links Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place
- 1.1 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20241.9applications per place
- 2.7 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.6applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · Northumberland20261.3applications per place
- 5.5 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.2applications per place
- 7.5 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 7.9 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.7applications per place
- 9.5 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 10.8 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 122173 · 929/2018
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 216 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Links Avenue, Links Estate, Amble, Morpeth, NE65 0SA
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources