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Rothbury First School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 94Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 122221URN

Addycombe, Rothbury, Morpeth, NE65 7PG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.1per place
0.5 below Northumberland median (1.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Northumberland

15 applications for 14 places
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 8 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.1applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Northumberland median (1.5) 1.1 below England median (2.2)

15 applications · 14 places offered · 14 named it first

  1. 2026 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.5
  2. 2025 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.5
More applications per place than the Northumberland median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202614151.1141.00
Sep 202515191.3151.00
Sep 202416201.3161.00
Sep 202310151.5101.00
Sep 2022891.170.88
Sep 202114161.1130.93
Sep 202010161.6101.00
Sep 20196101.761.00
Sep 201817201.2171.00
Sep 201720241.2180.90
Sep 201617241.4171.00
Sep 201518221.2181.00
Sep 201420261.3221.10

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
122221 · 929/2224
Capacity
126 pupils · 94 on roll
Free school meals
20.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Addycombe, Rothbury, Morpeth, NE65 7PG
Local authority
Northumberland

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources