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Greenhead Church of England Nursery and Primary School

Primary · Brampton · CA8 7HB

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 20 January 2023

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At a glance

50 pupils · 83% of 60 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
29.8% of pupils
English as additional language
0% of pupils
SEN support
15.1% of pupils
EHC plan
5.7% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.greenhead.northumberland.sch.uk/
URN
151098

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

5 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
50%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
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 school50%
Median of its 12 closest peers53%
Northumberland average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Holy Cross Church of England Primary SchoolKing's Lynn · 200 miles awayGood40%
Digby Church of England SchoolLincoln · 157 miles awayOutstanding88%
St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, MarnhullSturminster Newton · 277 miles awayRequires improvement50%
West Butterwick C of E Primary AcademyScunthorpe · 123 miles awayRequires improvement75%
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, SabdenClitheroe · 80 miles awayGood43%
Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolIngatestone · 258 miles awayGood80%
Dennington Church of England Primary SchoolWoodbridge · 246 miles awayGood42%
North Frodingham Primary SchoolDriffield · 113 miles awayNeeds attention56%
Stanton Drew Primary SchoolBristol · 250 miles awayGood45%
St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary SchoolCrediton · 289 miles awayExpected standard56%
Wirksworth Junior SchoolMatlock · 137 miles awayGood44%
Orford Church of England Primary School and NurseryWoodbridge · 260 miles awayGood56%

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)
5.5%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.6%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
12.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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£9,294
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for 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 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%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01027484 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,801 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.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
3a rural school averages 0.9

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 rural schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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