Ellington Primary School

Ellington Primary School is a good school where pupils thrive and are supported by high-quality pastoral care. The school promotes a positive culture of safety, respect, and kindness, which is reflected in pupils' exemplary behaviour and engagement. The curriculum is ambitious and inclusive, catering well to the needs of all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). While the school has successfully improved writing skills, there remains a need for consistent support strategies for SEND pupils to ensure they achieve their full potential. Overall, parents express strong confidence in the school's role within the community and its effectiveness in delivering quality education.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupils leading to a harmonious school environment.
• Effective curriculum designed to meet pupils' academic needs.
• Strong focus on reading and well-implemented phonics programme.
• Pupils engage positively in various personal development opportunities.
• Exemplary pupil behaviour and positive attitudes to learning.
• Effective leadership with highly skilled and committed staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of support strategies for SEND pupils.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Ellington Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Ellington Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Ellington Primary School had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.0% of pupils at Ellington Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Ellington Primary School received £6,621 and spent £6,609 for each of its 209 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £56,000 (£269 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Ellington Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ellington Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Ellington Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ellington Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Ellington Primary School have?

Ellington Primary School has 218 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ellington Primary School cover?

Ellington Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Ellington Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ellington Primary School?

Ellington Primary School is at Warkworth Drive, Ellington, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 5HL.