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Acomb First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Community school
Bishops Hill, Main Street, Acomb, Hexham NE46 4PL · acomb.northumberland.sch.uk · 01434 603870
On the mapSearch near NE46 4PL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 58
- 77% of 75 places
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 24.1%
- First language not English
- 1.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 6 families put the school first and 6 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 8 | 9 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 16 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 April 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Acomb First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 25 Apr 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (47 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 47
- 71% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 6% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (26%) with SEND