Abbeyfields First School

Academy converter·First school Morpeth, Northumberland·NE61 2LZ

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Abbeyfields 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

98%

51 first choices, 50 places

First choices per place

1.02

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

104

any preference, for 50 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9820221.0020231.2720240.9620251.022026

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 Abbeyfields First School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 325
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

7.6%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

0.3%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

8.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.8%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

10.3%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.5

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,147

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Morpeth Newminster Middle School Morpeth · 0.4 mi 44.4 Morpeth Chantry Middle School Morpeth · 0.5 mi 63.4 Pegswood Primary School Morpeth · 2.4 mi 37.7 Choppington Primary School Choppington · 3.9 mi 40.3 Mowbray Primary School Choppington · 4.1 mi 37.2 Ringway Primary School Choppington · 4.1 mi 63.4 Meadowdale Academy Bedlington · 4.1 mi 54.0 Bedlington West End Primary School Bedlington · 4.4 mi 48.7

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

School overview

Abbeyfields First School is a primary school serving Morpeth, Northumberland, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 325 pupils aged 3 to 9 on roll.

Abbeyfields First School is oversubscribed: about 10 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 51 first choices for 50 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 23.5 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Abbeyfields First 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.