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Red Row Primary School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Northumberland

Red Row, Morpeth, NE61 5AS

Website 01670760282

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

95.2%

11.6% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

131

Capacity used

Has space

62%

210 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

6 of 6 families who put it first got an offer

6

Places offered

9

Total applications

1.5

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference66● 100%
2nd preference10● 0%
3rd preference20● 0%
Total9667%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
100%
2025

Northumberland lets families list 4 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Richard Bollands
Address
Red Row, Morpeth, NE61 5AS
Phone
01670760282
Local authority
Northumberland
Ward / constituency
Druridge Bay · North Northumberland
Area
Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
URN
122197

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals33%——
English as additional language3%——
SEN support30%——
53% boys (70)47% girls (61)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

131 pupils · 210 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 23

    20 January 2023

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 86 pupils

Attendance

95.2%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

4.8%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

11.6%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

2.3%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.4%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

1%
20/21
15%
21/22
12%
22/23
14%
23/24
12%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Northumberland council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.