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Thropton Village First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Academy
Thropton, Morpeth NE65 7JD · tvfs.cheviotlt.co.uk · 01669 620297
On the mapSearch near NE65 7JD
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 36
- 72% of 50 places
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 0%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 4 families put the school first and 4 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 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Thropton Village First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 14 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 122229), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Good
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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122229)
Dec 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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122229)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 18
- 41% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 6% who had a child bullied