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OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 122228
Stannington First School
Community school · Morpeth · NE61 6HJ
Ages 3–9 · 126 pupils · Northumberland
Ofsted
School remains Good
Overall absence
4.1%
Admissions demand
1.35 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-01-18
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.8%
Unauthorised1.6%
- Authorised absence
- 2.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 102
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
1.35 · Competitive
1st preferences
27
Places offered
20
1st-preference offers
18
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 36
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 20
- 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 fill84%
126 pupils · 150 places
- Pupils on roll
- 126
- Boys / girls
- 59 / 67
- School capacity
- 150
- Capacity fill
- 126 / 150 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 5.6%
- FSM pupils
- 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–9
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alexandra Palmer
Location
- Address
- Church Road, Stannington
- Postcode
- NE61 6HJ
- Town
- Morpeth
- County
- Northumberland
- 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 community school (primary), Ages 3–9, in Morpeth, Northumberland, 126 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 5.6%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Special post 16 institution
Cramlington · NE23 8JT · Northumberland
Ages 16–24
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alexandra Palmer
- Telephone
- 01670789276