Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Northumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 21 April 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 5 April 2022Graded inspection: Good
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 entry32 applications · 15 places offered · 16 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 2.2; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 2.6; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 3.5; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2022 2.3; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2021 2.8; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2020 2.7; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2019 2.7; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2018 3.3; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2017 3.5; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2016 2.5; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2015 3.6; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2014 2.4; 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 | 15 | 32 | 2.1 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2025 | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 11 | 28 | 2.6 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 9 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 23 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2020 | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 18 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2019 | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 8 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2017 | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 14 | 33 | 2.4 | 18 | 1.29 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Beaufront First SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place
- 2.3 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.7applications per place
- 3.1 km · Northumberland20262.0applications per place
- 3.3 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.3applications per place
- 3.5 km · NorthumberlandGood20232.4applications per place
- 3.9 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20251.8applications per place
- 6.0 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20241.4applications per place
- 7.8 km · Northumberland20261.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 7.9 km · NorthumberlandGood20232.0applications per place
- 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
- 122222 · 929/2227
- Capacity
- 75 pupils · 62 on roll
- Free school meals
- 1.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Sandhoe, Hexham, NE46 4LY
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources