Felton Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Morpeth, Northumberland·NE65 9PY
Composite score
41.6
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#10,337
National rank
#557
In North East
#46
In Northumberland
Top 70%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
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
78%
18 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
1.29
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
20
any preference, for 14 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.29
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1320221.0720231.0020241.0020251.292026

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 Felton Church of England 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
97
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
0.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
2.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,656
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Felton Church of England Primary School

Felton Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Morpeth, Northumberland, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 97 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 64% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 17.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Felton Church of England Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 18 first choices for 14 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.7%. There are about 17.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 0% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Felton Church of England 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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