Graded inspection · May 2025 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 13 May 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 27 February 2020Ungraded 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 entry33 applications · 18 places offered · 18 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2022 2.7; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2021 2.6; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2020 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2019 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2018 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2017 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2016 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2015 1.3; 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 | 18 | 33 | 1.8 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 49 | 1.6 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 26 | 43 | 1.7 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2021 | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 21 | 41 | 2.0 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 | 17 | 34 | 2.0 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 21 | 32 | 1.5 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 25 | 46 | 1.8 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 25 | 32 | 1.3 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 27 | 33 | 1.2 | 28 | 1.04 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- New Hartley First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place
- 1.7 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20221.6applications per place
- 2.3 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place
- 3.1 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.4applications per place
- 3.2 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.6applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · NorthumberlandRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place
- 3.8 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20253.5applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 122224 · 929/2229
- Capacity
- 176 pupils · 165 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- New Hartley, Whitley Bay, NE25 0RD
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources