Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Northumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 30 June 2026Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 14 November 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry34 applications · 25 places offered · 25 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2021 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2020 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Northumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; 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 St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 122304), 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 | 25 | 34 | 1.4 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 23 | 34 | 1.5 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 21 | 33 | 1.6 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 28 | 44 | 1.6 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 34 | 58 | 1.7 | 32 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 40 | 1.4 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 28 | 48 | 1.7 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 * | 34 | 70 | 2.1 | 32 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 * | 41 | 75 | 1.8 | 37 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 45 | 1.5 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 44 | 1.5 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 36 | 55 | 1.5 | 31 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 44 | 61 | 1.4 | 39 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 64% · Writing 64% · Maths 53% → all three 47% 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 | 47% | 3% | 101 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 0% | 103 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 54% | 13% | 104 | 102 |
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
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · NorthumberlandOutstanding20231.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · NorthumberlandOutstanding20231.6applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Northumberland20261.5applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.6applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · NorthumberlandOutstanding20231.3applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20251.4applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.2applications per place 43%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
- 148282 · 929/3711
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 330 pupils · 217 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2020
- Replaced
- St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 122304)
- Address
- Claremont Terrace, Blyth, NE24 2LE
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources