Voluntary aided school · Primary
Morpeth · NE61 3XH · Northumberland
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
2.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 145779
Belsay Primary School
Academy converter · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE20 0ET
Ages 4–11 · 84 pupils · Northumberland
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
33%
Overall absence
4.1%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-12-05
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)33%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 98.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 112.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)8.3%
Unauthorised1.0%
- Authorised absence
- 3.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 72
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill80%
84 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 84
- Boys / girls
- 45 / 39
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 84 / 105 (80%)
- Free school meals
- 4.8%
- FSM pupils
- 4
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: PELE TRUST
- Academy trust
- PELE TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Craig Shaw
Location
- Address
- Belsay
- Postcode
- NE20 0ET
- Town
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- District
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, 84 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 4.8%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Craig Shaw
- Telephone
- 01661881641