NCEA Bishop's Primary School
Academy Road, Ashington, NE63 9FZ
448 pupils · 88% of 510 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- NORTHUMBERLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Free school meals
- 38.1%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 18 October 2022, published 7 December 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 36% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 2% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 43 | 43 | 63 | 43 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 43 | 34 | 64 | 43 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 43 | 42 | 55 | 43 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 54 | 54 | 67 | 54 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 52 | 52 | 71 | 52 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 137 | 137 | 162 | 137 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 161 | 160 | 180 | 161 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 156 | 154 | 180 | 156 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington 0.4 km · Good (2021) · previous system
- NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School 0.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School 1.2 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Central Academy 1.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School 1.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Stakeford Primary School 2.3 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.