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Abbeyfields First School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 324Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 144181URN

Abbot's Way, Morpeth, NE61 2LZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.5 above Northumberland median (1.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Northumberland

104 applications for 50 places · 13th of 65 in Northumberland
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 10 December 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionOutstanding

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 entry
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.5 above Northumberland median (1.5) close to England median (2.2)

104 applications · 50 places offered · 51 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Northumberland median median 1.5
  2. 2025 2.9; Northumberland median median 1.6
  3. 2024 2.5; Northumberland median median 1.6
  4. 2023 2.7; Northumberland median median 1.5
  5. 2022 2.2; Northumberland median median 1.6
  6. 2021 2.6; Northumberland median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.4; Northumberland median median 1.6
  8. 2019 2.9; Northumberland median median 1.7
  9. 2018 2.4; Northumberland median median 1.6
  10. 2017 2.2; Northumberland median median 1.5
  11. 2016 2.5; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.3; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.9; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Northumberland median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Northumberland median

Dashed bars: as Abbeyfields First School (URN 122245), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026501042.1511.02
Sep 2025451322.9430.96
Sep 2024601522.5761.27
Sep 2023441182.7441.00
Sep 2022601322.2590.98
Sep 2021581522.6651.12
Sep 2020611492.4540.89
Sep 2019471352.9460.98
Sep 2018531272.4531.00
Sep 2017601342.2611.02
Sep 2016 *591462.5791.34
Sep 2015 *591342.3671.14
Sep 2014 *541011.9520.96

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
144181 · 929/2354
Trust
Cheviot Learning Trust
Capacity
378 pupils · 324 on roll
Free school meals
6.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 May 2017
Replaced
Abbeyfields First School (URN 122245)
Address
Abbot's Way, Morpeth, NE61 2LZ
Local authority
Northumberland

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources