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Bellingham Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–8 · Foundation school
Redesmouth Road, Hexham NE48 2EL · bellinghamprimary.northumberland.sch.uk · 01434 220230
On the mapSearch near NE48 2EL
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 64
- 61% of 105 places
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 7.8%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 8 families put the school first and 8 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 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Bellingham Primary School on 7 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 7 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jun 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Inadequate
What parents said
71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 71%
- Replies
- 14
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 100% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied