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Corbridge (VA) Church of England First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Voluntary aided
St Helen's Lane, Corbridge NE45 5JQ · corbridgefirst.northumberland.sch.uk · 01434 632534
On the mapSearch near NE45 5JQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 143
- 95% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.3%
- First language not English
- 1.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 34 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 88% 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 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Corbridge (VA) Church of England First School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 29 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (42 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 42
- 30% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied