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Whitfield CofE Primary School

Primary · Hexham · NE47 8JH

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 27 January 2026 · report published 25 March 2026

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At a glance

22 pupils · 39% of 56 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10% of pupils
English as additional language
0% of pupils
SEN support
21.1% of pupils
EHC plan
0% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.whitfieldprimary.uk/
URN
144478

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

3 places offered · 3 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

18/19
19/20
22/23
24/25
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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

suppressed (small cohort)

Reaching the higher standard

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (reading)

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (maths)

suppressed (small cohort)

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

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.6%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
10.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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.

Inspection history since 2015

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

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