Beaufront First School
Primary · Hexham · NE46 4LY
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 21 April 2026 · report published 9 June 2026
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
62 pupils · 83% of 75 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 4–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 1.6% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 7.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 122222
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 16 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2024; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 21 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.07 first-choice applications per place15 places offered · 16 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2024 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2024 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Northumberland school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 89% (Northumberland 90%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Northumberland 1%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Northumberland 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Northumberland 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 2% (Northumberland 0%, England 0%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
3.03 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Northumberland: 2.24 suspensions and 0.05 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
80% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,274; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve -£62,165; in-year balance -£58,549
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 21 April 2026: Needs attention
- 5 April 2022: Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 52.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 11.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 50.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 8.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 83% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 2.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 14.4% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 54.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 49.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 5.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027504 · how to read area figures
Roads around the school
No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 0a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted