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Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Northumberland

15 Brewery Road, Wooler, NE71 6QG

Website 01668281470

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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

94.2%

17.1% persistently absent

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

At a glance

Pupils on roll

107

Capacity used

Has space

79%

135 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

12 of 12 families who put it first got an offer

12

Places offered

13

Total applications

1.1

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference1212● 100%
2nd preference00—
3rd preference10● 0%
Total131292%

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
Mike Deane-Hall
Address
15 Brewery Road, Wooler, NE71 6QG
Phone
01668281470
Local authority
Northumberland
Ward / constituency
Wooler · North Northumberland
Area
Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
URN
122236

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals17%——
English as additional language2%——
SEN support15%——
57% boys (61)43% girls (46)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

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

107 pupils · 135 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 22

    03 November 2022

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 76 pupils

Attendance

94.2%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

5.8%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

17.1%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.4%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

4%
20/21
24%
21/22
16%
22/23
18%
23/24
17%
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.