Horton Grange Primary School

Community school·Primary school Blyth, Northumberland·NE24 4RE
Composite score
59.5
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#4,054
National rank
#222
In North East
#14
In Northumberland
Top 28%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
79%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
99%
72 first choices, 72 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
92
any preference, for 72 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.9620231.0020240.9420251.002026

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 Horton Grange 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
547
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,659
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Horton Grange Primary School is a primary school serving Blyth, Northumberland, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 547 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Horton Grange Primary School 'Outstanding'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 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 in the top 28% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 99% of the families who made Horton Grange 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 6.6%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. 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.

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