Cramlington Village Primary School

Cramlington Village Primary School is a single academy trust and is smaller than average, with above-average proportions of pupils eligible for free school meals and with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Inspectors found safeguarding standards met and judged the school to be performing securely across achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development. Pupils feel safe and belong, behave well, attend regularly and are generally well prepared for the next stage. Notable strengths include a warm and inclusive culture, strong early years provision, effective support for pupils with SEND, a broad and ambitious curriculum that has been strengthened since the previous inspection, and clear leadership and governance. Pupils benefit from a wide personal development offer, including trips, clubs, community events and leadership roles, and staff feel well supported. Leaders know the areas that still need work. Some pupils, including some with SEND, have gaps in basic reading, writing and mathematics, and assessment and feedback are not consistently precise enough to stop pupils moving on without secure understanding. Disadvantaged pupils' outcomes remain below national averages in several measures, and a significant minority of parents are not positive about communication and the school. Leaders are already taking action on these points.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open and positive culture of safeguarding.
• Pupils feel safe, valued and a sense of belonging in a warm and inclusive school.
• Pupils behave well, attend regularly and say bullying is rare and dealt with swiftly.
• Early years provision, including the 2-year-old setting, is warm, well resourced and high quality.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious and carefully sequenced, and has been strengthened since the previous inspection.
• Phonics is prioritised and pupils become increasingly successful readers.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported and make suitable progress from their starting points.
• Leaders and governors have a clear vision, accurate self-evaluation and strong governance.
• Personal development is strong, with trips, clubs, community events and leadership opportunities.
• Staff feel valued and well supported, and leaders manage workload and wellbeing well.
• Pupils generally achieve well and are prepared for the next stage of their education.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils, including some with SEND, have gaps in basic reading, writing and mathematics knowledge.
• Assessment and feedback are inconsistent, so a small number of pupils move on without securing learning.
• Disadvantaged pupils' attainment remains below national averages in reading, mathematics and combined reading, writing and mathematics.
• Teaching does not consistently build reading, handwriting and spelling competency across all subjects.
• A significant minority of parents and carers do not hold positive views about the school and its communication.
• Latest three-year national test averages are below national in reading, writing, mathematics and combined RWM, despite recent improvement.

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 Cramlington Village Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.1% 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, 4.6% of pupils at Cramlington Village 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 Cramlington Village Primary School had 16.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 33.3% 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, 28.7% of pupils at Cramlington Village Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.0% 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 2024–25 Cramlington Village Primary School received £7,744 and spent £7,558 for each of its 172 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £252,000 (£1,465 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Cramlington Village Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cramlington Village Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was Cramlington Village Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cramlington Village Primary School was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does Cramlington Village Primary School have?

Cramlington Village Primary School has 171 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cramlington Village Primary School cover?

Cramlington Village Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cramlington Village Primary School?

Cramlington Village Primary School is at Bowmont Drive, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 2SN.