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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| 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
- 2 June 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 9 March 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as Wark Church of England Primary School, URN 122300
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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 entry7 applications · 7 places offered · 7 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.0; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.0; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2022 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.0; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Northumberland median
Dashed bars: as Wark Church of England Primary School (URN 122300), 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 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 83% · Maths 83% → all three 67% 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 | 67% | 0% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
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
- Wark Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 6.5 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.0applications per place
- 6.6 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.3applications per place
- 8.2 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20241.4applications per place
- 9.2 km · Northumberland20261.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 12.5 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good2022
- 12.6 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.7applications per place
- 12.8 km · Northumberland20261.1applications per place
- 14.2 km · Northumberland20262.1applications 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
- 149903 · 929/3548
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 90 pupils · 69 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 August 2023
- Replaced
- Wark Church of England Primary School (URN 122300)
- Address
- Wark, Hexham, NE48 3LS
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources