Longhoughton Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 NextAcademy converter · Primary
Alnwick · NE66 3AJ · Northumberland
Ages 3–11
- FSM18.3%
2.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 122264
Hipsburn Primary School
Community school · Alnwick · NE66 3PX
Ages 3–11 · 102 pupils · Northumberland
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
55%
Overall absence
3.9%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-08
- 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)55%
Higher standard (RWM)15%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.8%
Unauthorised1.0%
- Authorised absence
- 2.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 103
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
11
Places offered
11
1st-preference offers
11
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 23
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 11
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill68%
102 pupils · 150 places
- Pupils on roll
- 102
- Boys / girls
- 53 / 49
- School capacity
- 150
- Capacity fill
- 102 / 150 (68%)
- Free school meals
- 3.9%
- FSM pupils
- 4
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr K Moloney
Location
- Address
- Lesbury
- Postcode
- NE66 3PX
- Town
- Alnwick
- County
- Northumberland
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- District
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from 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 community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Alnwick, Northumberland, 102 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 3.9%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Shilbottle Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Alnwick · NE66 2XQ · Northumberland
Ages 4–11
- FSM15.5%
2.6 miles away
St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Alnwick
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Alnwick · NE66 2NU · Northumberland
Ages 2–11
- KS256%
- Absence5.6%
- FSM19.3%
- Demand0.96
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr K Moloney
- Telephone
- 01665830210