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Best primary schools in Northumberland

60 of 127 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Northumberland schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 114 of them.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Prudhoe Prudhoe 94.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Meadowdale Academy Bedlington 83.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Swarland Primary School Morpeth 83.0% Not judged undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 NCEA Warkworth Church of England Primary School Morpeth 82.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Burnside Primary School Cramlington 80.0% Good oversubscribed 1.35 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington Ashington 80.0% Good about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Horton Grange Primary School Blyth 79.0% Outstanding improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Cramlington Northburn Primary School Cramlington hidden gem 78.0% Good undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Darras Hall Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne 78.0% Outstanding about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Ellington Primary School Morpeth 78.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 Henshaw Church of England Primary School Hexham 78.0% Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 Belford Primary School Belford 75.0% Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
13 Haltwhistle Primary Academy Haltwhistle 72.0% Outstanding about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School Ashington 72.0% Not judged about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 Belsay Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne hidden gem 71.0% Good undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 Cragside CofE Controlled Primary School Cramlington hidden gem 71.0% Good undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Ss Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary Academy Cramlington 71.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Ponteland Primary School 70.0% Good oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Heddon-on-the-Wall, St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne 69.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Hareside Primary School Cramlington 68.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Alnwick Alnwick 68.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Croftway Academy Blyth 67.0% Outstanding about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 Hipsburn Primary School Alnwick 67.0% Good about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 Richard Coates Church of England Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne 67.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 Ringway Primary School Choppington 67.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Wark Church of England Primary School Hexham 67.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
27 St Bede's Catholic Primary School Bedlington 66.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
28 Ponteland Community Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne hidden gem 65.0% Good about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
29 Felton Church of England Primary School Morpeth 64.0% Good declining oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
30 Morpeth Road Academy Blyth 64.0% Outstanding improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
31 Malvin's Close Academy Blyth 63.0% Outstanding about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
32 Choppington Primary School Choppington 62.0% Not judged about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
33 Seahouses Primary School Seahouses 62.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
34 Cramlington Shanklea Primary School Cramlington hidden gem 61.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
35 Cramlington Village Primary School Cramlington 61.0% Requires improvement declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Stamfordham Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne 61.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
37 Pegswood Primary School Morpeth 58.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
38 Bedlington West End Primary School Bedlington 57.0% Good declining oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
39 Eastlea Primary School Cramlington 55.0% Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
40 Ncea Harry Hotspur Church of England Primary School Alnwick 53.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
41 Greenhead Church of England Nursery and Primary School Brampton 50.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
42 Newbrough Church of England Primary School Hexham 50.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
43 Whittingham Church of England Primary School Alnwick 50.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
44 Allendale Primary School Allendale 47.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
45 Shaftoe Trust Academy Hexham 47.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
46 St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Blyth 47.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
47 Stead Lane Primary School Bedlington 46.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
48 Cambois Primary School Blyth 45.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
49 Bedlington Station Primary School Bedlington hidden gem 43.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
50 New Delaval Primary School Blyth 43.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
51 Newsham Primary School Blyth 43.0% Not judged about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
52 Beaconhill Community Primary School Cramlington 41.0% Good oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
53 Mowbray Primary School Choppington 41.0% Not judged about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
54 NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School Ashington 41.0% Good about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
55 NCEA Bishop's Primary School Ashington 36.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
56 Stakeford Primary School Choppington 32.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
57 Bedlington Whitley Memorial Church of England Primary School Bedlington 31.0% Requires improvement declining about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
58 NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School MORPETH 29.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
59 NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School Newbiggin-By-the-Sea 24.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
60 Otterburn Primary School 22.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped

Also in Northumberland

67 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Northumberland, not a fairer one.

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