Graded inspection · Jun 2022 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 |
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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 entry75 applications · 58 places offered · 59 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2021 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2020 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2019 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2018 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2017 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2016 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2015 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2014 1.4; 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 | 58 | 75 | 1.3 | 59 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 73 | 1.2 | 60 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 76 | 109 | 1.4 | 76 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 48 | 58 | 1.2 | 46 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 64 | 82 | 1.3 | 64 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 52 | 74 | 1.4 | 49 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 65 | 88 | 1.4 | 65 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 54 | 75 | 1.4 | 54 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 79 | 102 | 1.3 | 77 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 77 | 94 | 1.2 | 76 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 62 | 93 | 1.5 | 61 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 66 | 93 | 1.4 | 66 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 55 | 78 | 1.4 | 55 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Sele First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.3applications per place
- 0.3 km · NorthumberlandGood20232.4applications per place
- 1.3 km · Northumberland20262.0applications per place
- 2.4 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.7applications per place
- 3.3 km · Northumberland20262.1applications per place
- 6.1 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20251.8applications per place
- 6.3 km · Northumberland20261.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 6.4 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place
- 6.9 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20241.4applications 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
- 122242 · 929/2299
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 390 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- The Sele, Hexham, NE46 3QZ
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources