Cramlington Village Primary School

Free schools·Primary school Cramlington, Northumberland·NE23 2SN
Composite score
44.3
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#9,384
National rank
#507
In North East
#42
In Northumberland
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 11 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
19
any preference, for 11 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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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 Cramlington Village Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
175
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,558
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Cramlington Village Primary School

Cramlington Village Primary School is a primary school in Cramlington, Northumberland, classified by the DfE as a free school. Around 175 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. 61% 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 18.0 percentage points year on 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 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Cramlington Village Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 11 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 14.3 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Cramlington Village Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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