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Henshaw Church of England Primary School

Primary · Hexham · NE47 7EP

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 10 May 2023

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At a glance

86 pupils · 82% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
19.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.henshaw.northumberland.sch.uk
URN
151097

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 1.17 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2024; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 10 May 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.17 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
78%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

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

This school78%
Median of its 12 closest peers54.5%
Northumberland average60.9%
England62%

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

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolAxminster · 289 miles awayGood60%
Eardisley CofE Primary SchoolHereford · 198 miles awayGood79%
Warcop CofE Primary SchoolAppleby-in-Westmorland · 30 miles awayGood62%
Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary SchoolNewton Abbot · 308 miles awayGood82%
Somersham Primary SchoolIpswich · 243 miles awayGood56%
Rake CofE Primary SchoolLiss · 279 miles awayGood25%
Hartpury Church of England Primary SchoolGloucester · 211 miles awayGood33%
Stow-on-the-Wold Primary SchoolCheltenham · 212 miles awayGood44%
Owslebury Primary SchoolWinchester · 278 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Loders CofE Primary AcademyBridport · 292 miles awayGood (2019)50%
Silverton Church of England Primary SchoolExeter · 291 miles awayGood56%
Wallop Primary SchoolStockbridge · 267 miles awayNeeds attention53%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 99% (Northumberland 90%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Northumberland 1%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

8.64 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

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

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 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 £57,432; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,877
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 14% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 10% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £144,000; in-year balance +£54,000

Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work35.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier78.9%62.3%
Social housing6.6%17.1%
Privately rented14.5%20.5%
Detached houses50.6%22.9%
Flats1.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van7.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027484 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£265,50015 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£209,000–£320,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£277,500

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

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. 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

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

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