Seghill First School

Community school·First school Cramlington, Northumberland·NE23 7SB

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Seghill First School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

13 first choices, 14 places

First choices per place

0.93

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 14 places

Applications from another council area

10%

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04

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1 per place

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

Every child who put Seghill First School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 109
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

37.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

2.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

29.4%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.8%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.3%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

14.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,690

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Cragside CofE Controlled Primary School Cramlington · 1.2 mi 57.8 Ss Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary Academy Cramlington · 1.6 mi 53.2 Hareside Primary School Cramlington · 1.8 mi 59.4 Cramlington Village Primary School Cramlington · 2.2 mi 44.3 Cramlington Shanklea Primary School Cramlington · 2.2 mi 39.6 Beaconhill Community Primary School Cramlington · 2.5 mi 26.6 Eastlea Primary School Cramlington · 2.5 mi 46.2 Burnside Primary School Cramlington · 2.6 mi 75.3

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Seghill First School

Seghill First School is a primary school in Cramlington, Northumberland, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 109 pupils aged 3 to 9 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Seghill First School their first choice was offered one of its 14 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 16.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 38% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.