Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School

Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School is performing well overall, achieving a strong standard in various key areas. The school demonstrates a commitment to safeguarding and fostering a positive environment where pupils feel safe and valued. Students' attendance is notably high across all demographic groups, reflecting effective leadership in promoting engagement and reducing barriers to attendance. A robust early years program ensures children start their education with a solid foundation, particularly in reading and writing through systematic phonics instruction.

Strengths

• High attendance rates for all pupil groups.
• Kind, respectful behavior among pupils.
• Strong foundations in early reading and writing.
• Effective personal development and wellbeing programs.
• Inclusion of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Efforts to engage with the local community.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent curriculum delivery across subjects.
• Variability in support for pupils with special educational needs during lessons.
• Need for improved assessment practices to identify misconceptions.

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 Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School attended 96.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 1.8% 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 Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First 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 Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School had 13.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 17.7% of pupils at Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School received £6,690 and spent £7,217 for each of its 91 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £6,000 (-£61 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 Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School last inspected by Ofsted?

Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School have?

Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School has 96 pupils on roll.

What age range does Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School cover?

Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School for pupils aged 3 to 9.

Where is Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School?

Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School is at Drummonds Close, Longhorsley, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 8UT.