Belsay Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE20 0ET · Northumberland
Ages 4–11
- KS233%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM4.8%
2.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 122302
Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Morpeth · NE61 3XH
Ages 4–11 · 23 pupils · Northumberland
Ofsted
Good
Overall absence
4.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-11-29
- 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)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.1%
Unauthorised0.9%
- Authorised absence
- 3.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 33
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill33%
23 pupils · 70 places
- Pupils on roll
- 23
- Boys / girls
- 14 / 9
- School capacity
- 70
- Capacity fill
- 23 / 70 (33%)
- Free school meals
- 8.7%
- FSM pupils
- 2
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Newcastle
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Federation
- Federation of Longhorsley and Whalton C of E Schools
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nichola Brannen
Location
- Address
- Whalton
- Postcode
- NE61 3XH
- 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Morpeth, Northumberland, 23 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 8.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Newcastle.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nichola Brannen
- Telephone
- 01670775216