Graded inspection · Dec 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 |
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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 entry50 applications · 43 places offered · 43 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2024 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2023 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2022 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.7; 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 1.3; 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 Swansfield Park Primary School (URN 122172), 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 | 43 | 50 | 1.2 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 * | 39 | 56 | 1.4 | 39 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 45 | 61 | 1.4 | 50 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2023 * | 39 | 53 | 1.4 | 39 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 45 | 57 | 1.3 | 47 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 * | 33 | 45 | 1.4 | 33 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 45 | 66 | 1.5 | 49 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2019 * | 43 | 56 | 1.3 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 24 | 40 | 1.7 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 35 | 51 | 1.5 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 44 | 62 | 1.4 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 45 | 60 | 1.3 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 34 | 49 | 1.4 | 34 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Swansfield Park Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.2applications per place
- 0.6 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20241.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Northumberland20262.0applications per place
- 4.7 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.7applications per place
- 5.3 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 6.2 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good · concerns noted20241.3applications per place
- 9.2 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 9.6 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.6applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 10.7 km · NorthumberlandGood20201.5applications 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
- 151711 · 929/2015
- Trust
- Pele Trust
- Capacity
- 315 pupils · 383 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2025
- Replaced
- Swansfield Park Primary School (URN 122172)
- Address
- The Avenue, Alnwick, NE66 1UL
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources