Whitley Chapel Church of England First School
Voluntary aided school · Hexham · NE47 0HB
Ages 3–9 · 28 pupils · Northumberland
Ofsted
Not judged
Overall absence
4.6%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-11-19
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 3.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 26
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
2
Places offered
2
1st-preference offers
2
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 4
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 2
- 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).
28 pupils · 50 places
- Pupils on roll
- 28
- Boys / girls
- 15 / 13
- School capacity
- 50
- Capacity fill
- 28 / 50 (56%)
- Free school meals
- 7.1%
- FSM pupils
- 2
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 3–9
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- 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
- Headteacher
- Mrs Angela Hayward
Location
- Address
- Leazes Lane, Whitley Chapel, Steel
- Postcode
- NE47 0HB
- Town
- Hexham
- County
- Northumberland
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- District
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham
- 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 3–9, in Hexham, Northumberland, 28 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 7.1%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Newcastle.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Angela Hayward
- Telephone
- 01434673294