Ellington Primary School

Community school·Primary school Morpeth, Northumberland·NE61 5HL
Composite score
76.4
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#1,012
National rank
#47
In North East
#2
In Northumberland
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
78%
% achieving higher RWM
22%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
21 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
32
any preference, for 21 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320221.0020231.0020240.9320251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Northumberland does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Ellington Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
202
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,045
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Ellington Primary School

Ellington Primary School is a primary school in Morpeth, Northumberland, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 202 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 22% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 95% of the families who made Ellington Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. Ellington Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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