Graded inspection · Nov 2023 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry22 applications · 11 places offered · 10 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 2.6; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 2.8; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2022 2.8; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2021 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2020 3.2; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2019 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2018 2.4; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2017 2.8; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2016 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2015 3.7; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 13 | 19 | 1.5 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 13 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2019 | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 15 | 36 | 2.4 | 20 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2017 | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 15 | 27 | 1.8 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 17 | 1.13 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Broomhaugh (VA) Church of England First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.0applications per place
- 4.0 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.4applications per place
- 4.3 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20251.8applications per place
- 5.4 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20241.6applications per place
- 5.6 km · NorthumberlandGood20242.3applications per place
- 6.8 km · NorthumberlandGood20232.4applications per place
- 6.9 km · NorthumberlandGood20222.6applications per place
- 7.1 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place
- 7.6 km · Northumberland20261.4applications 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
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 122285 · 929/3355
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 75 pupils · 64 on roll
- Free school meals
- 3.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Church Lane, Riding Mill, NE44 6DR
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources