Graded inspection · Nov 2022 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 | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry18 applications · 7 places offered · 7 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2022 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2021 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2020 2.3; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2019 2.6; Northumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 2.3; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Northumberland median
Dashed bars: as Whittonstall First School (URN 122235), 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 | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 13 | 26 | 2.0 | 14 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 15 | 21 | 1.4 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 11 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 * | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 11 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2018 * | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 6 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2017 * | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 5 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Whittonstall First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.6applications per place
- 3.5 km · County DurhamGood20232.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · GatesheadGood20221.4applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.4applications per place
- 4.9 km · NorthumberlandGood20242.3applications per place
- 5.4 km · County DurhamGood20241.6applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 5.6 km · County DurhamGood2024
- 5.8 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.5applications per place 94%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146949 · 929/2270
- Capacity
- 55 pupils · 67 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2019
- Replaced
- Whittonstall First School (URN 122235)
- Address
- Whittonstall, Consett, DH8 9JN
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources