School admissions in Northumberland

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

122 schools. 21 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Burnside Primary SchoolCramlington	1.35	60
Felton Church of England Primary SchoolMorpeth	1.29	14
Beaconhill Community Primary SchoolCramlington	1.27	30
Ponteland Primary SchoolNorthumberland	1.21	58
Bedlington West End Primary SchoolBedlington	1.17	29
Eastlea Primary SchoolCramlington	1.17	29
Henshaw Church of England Primary SchoolHexham	1.17	6
Corbridge (VA) Church of England First SchoolCorbridge	1.13	30
Seaton Sluice First SchoolWhitley Bay	1.11	27
Belford Primary SchoolBelford	1.10	10
Ovingham Church of England First SchoolPrudhoe	1.09	11
Darras Hall Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	1.09	58
Hipsburn Primary SchoolAlnwick	1.08	13
Choppington Primary SchoolChoppington	1.07	14
Beaufront First SchoolHexham	1.07	15
Malvin's Close AcademyBlyth	1.04	48
NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary SchoolAshington	1.04	28
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, AshingtonAshington	1.04	28
NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary SchoolNewbiggin-By-the-Sea	1.03	35
Abbeyfields First SchoolMorpeth	1.02	50
The Sele First SchoolHexham	1.02	58
Acomb First SchoolHexham	1.00	6
Adderlane AcademyPrudhoe	1.00	13
Allendale Primary SchoolAllendale	1.00	14
Amble Links Primary SchoolMorpeth	1.00	19
Bellingham Primary SchoolHexham	1.00	8
Berwick St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolBerwick-upon-Tweed	1.00	14
Branton Primary School and NurseryAlnwick	1.00	5
Broomley First SchoolStocksfield	1.00	23
Cambo First SchoolMorpeth	1.00	7
Cambois Primary SchoolBlyth	1.00	10
Chollerton Church of England Aided First SchoolHexham	1.00	4
Cramlington Village Primary SchoolCramlington	1.00	11
Croftway AcademyBlyth	1.00	45
Ellingham Church of England Primary SchoolChathill	1.00	7
Ellington Primary SchoolMorpeth	1.00	21
Embleton Vincent Edwards Church of England Primary SchoolAlnwick	1.00	12
Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)Wooler	1.00	16
Grange View Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolMorpeth	1.00	15
Greenhead Church of England Nursery and Primary SchoolBrampton	1.00	5
Harbottle Church of England First SchoolMorpeth	1.00	1
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolBerwick-upon-Tweed	1.00	16
Horton Grange Primary SchoolBlyth	1.00	72
Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, FordBerwick-upon-Tweed	1.00	5
Humshaugh Church of England First SchoolHexham	1.00	11
King Edwin Primary SchoolAmble	1.00	14
Linton Primary SchoolMorpeth	1.00	1
Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First SchoolMorpeth	1.00	16
Longhoughton Church of England Primary SchoolAlnwick	1.00	7
Lowick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLowick	1.00	4
Meadowdale AcademyBedlington	1.00	22
Mickley First SchoolStocksfield	1.00	9
Morpeth All Saints Church of England First SchoolMorpeth	1.00	33
Morpeth First SchoolMorpeth	1.00	41
Morpeth Road AcademyBlyth	1.00	26
Morpeth Stobhillgate First SchoolMorpeth	1.00	20
NCEA Bishop's Primary SchoolAshington	1.00	43
NCEA Warkworth Church of England Primary SchoolMorpeth	1.00	16
NCEA William Leech CofE Primary SchoolMORPETH	1.00	8
Ncea Harry Hotspur Church of England Primary SchoolAlnwick	1.00	8
New Delaval Primary SchoolBlyth	1.00	19
New Hartley First SchoolWhitley Bay	1.00	18
Newbrough Church of England Primary SchoolHexham	1.00	7
Otterburn Primary SchoolNorthumberland	1.00	6
Pegswood Primary SchoolMorpeth	1.00	14
Prior Park Primary SchoolBerwick-upon-Tweed	1.00	13
Prudhoe Castle First SchoolPrudhoe	1.00	15
Prudhoe West AcademyPrudhoe	1.00	32
Red Row Primary SchoolMorpeth	1.00	19
Rothbury First SchoolMorpeth	1.00	14
Scremerston First SchoolBerwick-upon-Tweed	1.00	3
Seahouses Primary SchoolSeahouses	1.00	6
Shaftoe Trust AcademyHexham	1.00	9
Shilbottle Primary SchoolAlnwick	1.00	15
Slaley First SchoolNorthumberland	1.00	5
Spittal Community Primary SchoolBerwick-upon-Tweed	1.00	22
Ss Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary AcademyCramlington	1.00	26
St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolBedlington	1.00	20
St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, BerwickBerwick-upon-Tweed	1.00	9
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, PrudhoePrudhoe	1.00	13
St Roberts Catholic First School, MorpethMorpeth	1.00	28
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolBlyth	1.00	25
Stakeford Primary SchoolChoppington	1.00	20
Stamfordham Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	1.00	8
Stannington First SchoolMorpeth	1.00	27
Swansfield Park Primary SchoolAlnwick	1.00	43
Thropton Village First SchoolMorpeth	1.00	4
Tritlington Church of England First SchoolMorpeth	1.00	7
Tweedmouth West Primary SchoolBerwick-upon-Tweed	1.00	24
Wark Church of England Primary SchoolHexham	1.00	7
Whalton Church of England Aided Primary SchoolMorpeth	1.00	6
Whitfield CofE Primary SchoolHexham	1.00	3
Whitley Chapel Church of England First SchoolHexham	1.00	4
Whittingham Church of England Primary SchoolAlnwick	1.00	8
Whittonstall First SchoolConsett	1.00	7
Wylam First SchoolWylam	1.00	22
Bede AcademyBlyth	0.99	74
Newsham Primary SchoolBlyth	0.98	46
Haltwhistle Primary AcademyHaltwhistle	0.97	30
Stead Lane Primary SchoolBedlington	0.97	30
Ringway Primary SchoolChoppington	0.97	29
Seaton Delaval First SchoolWhitley Bay	0.97	29
Holywell Village First SchoolWhitley Bay	0.96	26
NCEA James Knott CofE Primary SchoolAshington	0.96	24
St Paul's Catholic Primary School, AlnwickAlnwick	0.96	24
Bedlington Whitley Memorial Church of England Primary SchoolBedlington	0.94	18
Mowbray Primary SchoolChoppington	0.94	18
Richard Coates Church of England Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.93	30
Heddon-on-the-Wall, St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.93	29
Seghill First SchoolCramlington	0.93	14
Hareside Primary SchoolCramlington	0.91	57
Bedlington Station Primary SchoolBedlington	0.91	22
Broomhaugh (VA) Church of England First SchoolRiding Mill	0.91	11
Broomhill Primary SchoolMorpeth	0.90	10
St Mary's Catholic First School, HexhamHexham	0.90	10
Cramlington Shanklea Primary SchoolCramlington	0.89	36
Hexham First SchoolHexham	0.89	9
Ponteland Community Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.85	20
Cragside CofE Controlled Primary SchoolCramlington	0.78	51
Swarland Primary SchoolMorpeth	0.78	9
Belsay Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.70	10
Cramlington Northburn Primary SchoolCramlington	0.70	30

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

11 schools. 6 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Bede AcademyBlyth	1.33	131
Ponteland High SchoolPonteland	1.16	235
Cramlington Learning VillageCramlington	1.01	340
NCEA Duke's Secondary SchoolAshington	1.01	170
The Duchess's Community High SchoolAlnwick	1.01	188
Ashington AcademyAshington	1.00	203
Bedlington AcademyBedlington	1.00	158
Coquet Community SchoolMorpeth	1.00	88
Haydon Bridge High SchoolHexham	0.97	40
St Benet Biscop Catholic AcademyBedlington	0.96	134
The Blyth AcademyBlyth	0.79	171