Graded inspection · Jul 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 11 July 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 12 November 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided First School, URN 122311
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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 entry24 applications · 10 places offered · 9 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.4; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 2.7; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 2.4; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2022 2.1; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2021 2.9; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2020 2.4; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 2.3; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 2.2; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 2.3; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Northumberland median
Dashed bars: as St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided First School (URN 122311), 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 | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 13 | 22 | 1.7 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 38 | 2.7 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 20 | 42 | 2.1 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 16 | 39 | 2.4 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 18 | 32 | 1.8 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 19 | 41 | 2.2 | 20 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2016 * | 21 | 49 | 2.3 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 22 | 44 | 2.0 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 17 | 35 | 2.1 | 17 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Mary's Catholic First School, HexhamThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.4applications per place
- 0.3 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.3applications per place
- 1.1 km · Northumberland20262.0applications per place
- 2.8 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.7applications per place
- 3.5 km · Northumberland20262.1applications per place
- 6.1 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place
- 6.1 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20251.8applications per place
- 6.6 km · Northumberland20261.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 7.3 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20241.4applications 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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148261 · 929/3840
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 81 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2020
- Replaced
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided First School (URN 122311)
- Address
- Hencotes, Hexham, NE46 2EE
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources