Shilbottle Primary School

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Shilbottle Primary School, inspected in January 2023.

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).

In 2025–26 Shilbottle Primary School had 25.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

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, 12.7% of pupils at Shilbottle 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.

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All schools in Alnwick · Northumberland local authority: places and applications

Shilbottle Primary School is part of Pele Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• The Duchess's Community High School Alnwick
• Swansfield Park Primary School Alnwick
• Longhoughton Church of England Primary School Alnwick
• Embleton Vincent Edwards Church of England Primary School Alnwick
• Ellingham Church of England Primary School Chathill
• Branton Primary School and Nursery Alnwick
• Belsay Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Richard Coates Church of England Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Ponteland Primary School Ponteland
• Ponteland High School Ponteland

What is Shilbottle Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Shilbottle Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023 of its predecessor, Shilbottle Primary School.

When was Shilbottle Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Shilbottle Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Shilbottle Primary School have?

Shilbottle Primary School has 71 pupils on roll.

What age range does Shilbottle Primary School cover?

Shilbottle Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Shilbottle Primary School?

Shilbottle Primary School is at Shilbottle Grange, Shilbottle, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2XQ.