Graded inspection · Jan 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 entry26 applications · 15 places offered · 15 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2024 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2023 2.5; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2022 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 2.3; Northumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; 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 Shilbottle Primary School (URN 122238), 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 | 15 | 26 | 1.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 * | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 11 | 13 | 1.2 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 14 | 16 | 1.1 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 18 | 30 | 1.7 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 14 | 18 | 1.3 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 17 | 25 | 1.5 | 19 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2014 * | 19 | 24 | 1.3 | 19 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Shilbottle Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.7applications per place
- 4.3 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20241.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.2applications per place
- 5.3 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20231.6applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 5.4 km · Northumberland20262.0applications per place
- 6.0 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 7.3 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20241.9applications per place
- 7.9 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications 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
- 151714 · 929/2281
- Trust
- Pele Trust
- Capacity
- 151 pupils · 71 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2025
- Replaced
- Shilbottle Primary School (URN 122238)
- Address
- Shilbottle Grange, Shilbottle, Alnwick, NE66 2XQ
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources