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Prudhoe Castle First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Academy
Castle Road, Prudhoe NE42 6PN · pcfs.cheviotlt.co.uk · 01661 833122
On the mapSearch near NE42 6PN
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 74
- 49% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.1%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 15 families put the school first and 15 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 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Prudhoe Castle First School on 25 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 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, Feb 2024
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 122218), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2024Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2019Good
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 122218)
Feb 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122218)
Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122218)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (21 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 21
- 25% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied