# NCEA Bishop's Primary School

NCEA Bishop's Primary School is a primary school in Northumberland, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 448 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E145956. [Northumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/northumberland)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 448
- Council: Northumberland
- URN: 145956

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), October 2022
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 18 October 2022
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 36% of pupils at NCEA Bishop's Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Northumberland and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Northumberland | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [NCEA Duke's Secondary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ncea-dukes-secondary-school-e135886): 70 m. Secondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 36.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- [NCEA Castle School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ncea-castle-school-e145957): 140 m. Special. Good (overall), November 2022
- [St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-aidans-catholic-primary-school-ashington-e148504): 380 m. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ncea-thomas-bewick-c-of-e-primary-school-e148766): 480 m. Primary. Good (overall), May 2024. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ncea-james-knott-cofe-primary-school-e148763): 1.2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Central Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/central-academy-e152255): 1.3 km. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023, before the school changed

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/145956)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/145956)

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