Graded inspection · Feb 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| 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 entry30 applications · 30 places offered · 29 named it first
- 2026 1.0; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.0; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 1.0; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2021 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2020 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2019 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2018 1.0; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Northumberland median
Dashed bars: as Haltwhistle Lower School Academy (URN 144772), Haltwhistle Community Campus Lower School (URN 140131), Haltwhistle Community Campus Lower School (URN 122201), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 30 | 30 | 1.0 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 18 | 18 | 1.0 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 27 | 29 | 1.1 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 25 | 28 | 1.1 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 21 | 25 | 1.2 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 33 | 1.1 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 24 | 27 | 1.1 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 23 | 24 | 1.0 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 33 | 40 | 1.2 | 34 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 * | 34 | 36 | 1.1 | 34 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 22 | 26 | 1.2 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 29 | 32 | 1.1 | 29 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 84% · Writing 84% · Maths 80% → all three 72% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Northumberland median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 72% | 4% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 3% | 107 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 87% | 10% | 109 | 107 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Haltwhistle Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20231.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.4applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 6.2 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.5applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 7.4 km · CumberlandGood2022
- 9.5 km · Northumberland20261.3applications per place
- 13.1 km · CumberlandRemains Good20224.0applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 14.1 km · Northumberland20261.1applications per place
- 14.4 km · CumberlandOutstanding20241.6applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 15.3 km · CumberlandGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146372 · 929/2007
- Trust
- Wise Academies
- Capacity
- 306 pupils · 213 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2018
- Replaced
- Haltwhistle Lower School Academy (URN 144772); Haltwhistle Community Campus Lower School (URN 140131); Haltwhistle Community Campus Lower School (URN 122201)
- Address
- Park Avenue, Haltwhistle, NE49 9BA
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources