Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry- 2026 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2025 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2024 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2023 1.2; 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 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2019 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Northumberland median
Dashed bars: as Bothal Primary School (URN 122239), Bothal Middle School (URN 122323), the previous school.
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 * | 89 | 119 | 1.3 | 91 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 * | 89 | 144 | 1.6 | 110 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2024 * | 83 | 109 | 1.3 | 83 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 86 | 104 | 1.2 | 86 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 89 | 113 | 1.3 | 88 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 * | 79 | 112 | 1.4 | 79 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 71 | 112 | 1.6 | 70 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 * | 79 | 118 | 1.5 | 74 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 * | 81 | 108 | 1.3 | 81 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 76 | 108 | 1.4 | 74 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 87 | 133 | 1.5 | 86 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 143 | 1.6 | 88 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 63 | 107 | 1.7 | 62 | 0.98 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Bothal AcademyThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding2023
- 1.3 km · NorthumberlandGood2023
- 1.6 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.4applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.5applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.8applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.5applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 152256 · 929/2291
- Trust
- Wise Academies
- Capacity
- 650 pupils
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2026
- Replaced
- Bothal Primary School (URN 122239); Bothal Middle School (URN 122323)
- Address
- Wansbeck Road, Ashington, NE63 8HZ
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources