Graded inspection · Nov 2024 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 |
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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 entry5 applications · 4 places offered · 4 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.0; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.0; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2021 3.0; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2020 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2019 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2018 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2017 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2016 1.0; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2015 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Whitley Chapel Church of England First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place
- 4.9 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20241.6applications per place
- 6.0 km · Northumberland20262.0applications per place
- 6.1 km · NorthumberlandGood20232.4applications per place
- 6.4 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.3applications per place
- 8.8 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.7applications per place
- 9.0 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.0applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 9.1 km · Northumberland20262.1applications per place
- 9.6 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20251.8applications 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
- 122293 · 929/3443
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 50 pupils · 28 on roll
- Free school meals
- 7.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Leazes Lane, Whitley Chapel, Steel, Hexham, NE47 0HB
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources