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Eastlea Primary School

Primary · Cramlington · NE23 3ST

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Good (2019)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Good in 2019. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.

Inspected 2 July 2019

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At a glance

235 pupils · 112% of 210 capacity (over capacity)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
25.7% of pupils
English as additional language
4.8% of pupils
SEN support
15.3% of pupils
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.eastlea.northumberland.sch.uk/
URN
122191

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.17 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 34 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

22 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
55%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school55%
Median of its 12 closest peers65%
Northumberland average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
Wheatcroft Community Primary SchoolScarborough · 75 miles awayGood36%
Belmont Cheveley Park Primary SchoolDurham · 21 miles awayGood72%
Dersingham Primary SchoolKing's Lynn · 178 miles awayGood59%
Larkholme Primary SchoolFleetwood · 101 miles awayGood (2019)63%
Elm Park Primary SchoolBristol · 250 miles awayGood (2016)44%
St John Vianney Catholic Primary SchoolSt Helens · 125 miles awayExpected standard80%
Bursledon Junior School(CA)Southampton · 291 miles awayGood57%
Ranvilles Junior SchoolFareham · 294 miles awayNo current grade79%
Ringway Primary SchoolChoppington · 5 miles awayGood67%
Witton Gilbert Primary SchoolDurham · 20 miles awayGood53%
Brindley Heath Junior School AcademyStourbridge · 185 miles awayGood70%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolBath · 263 miles awayOutstanding80%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
26
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£7,239
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier95.7%62.3%
Social housing0.7%17.1%
Privately rented3.6%20.5%
Detached houses79.6%22.9%
Flats0.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms54.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.7%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01027401 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,175 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£215,000305 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£157,500–£268,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (102)£295,000
Semi-detached (110)£198,000
Terraced (80)£152,500
Flat (13)£95,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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