Graded inspection · Sep 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 | Outstanding | |||
| 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 entry35 applications · 22 places offered · 22 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2021 2.1; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2020 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2019 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Northumberland median
Dashed bars: as Wylam First School (URN 122237), 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 | 22 | 35 | 1.6 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 26 | 40 | 1.5 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 27 | 38 | 1.4 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 16 | 25 | 1.6 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 24 | 39 | 1.6 | 22 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 21 | 43 | 2.1 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 27 | 49 | 1.8 | 30 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2019 * | 25 | 41 | 1.6 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 21 | 40 | 1.9 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 * | 24 | 35 | 1.5 | 22 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 25 | 34 | 1.4 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 28 | 39 | 1.4 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 23 | 32 | 1.4 | 23 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Wylam First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.6applications per place
- 2.2 km · GatesheadGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20252.1applications per place
- 2.5 km · GatesheadGraded · no overall grade202480%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · GatesheadImproved significantly20252.6applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · GatesheadRemains Good20233.2applications per place
- 3.4 km · Northumberland20261.4applications per place
- 3.5 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.5applications per place 94%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 146911 · 929/2278
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 131 on roll
- Free school meals
- 1.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2019
- Replaced
- Wylam First School (URN 122237)
- Address
- Bell Road, Wylam, NE41 8EH
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources