Linton Primary School
Linton Primary School is a council school in Morpeth for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 36 pupils and room for 40. About 64 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
Linton, Morpeth, NE61 5SG01670 860361linton.northumberland.sch.ukMiss Carrie Hodgson headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025
3 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. With a year group this small, a couple of children can move the percentages a long way.
All Year 6 measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2019 | 2017 | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils tested | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | – | – |
There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Northumberland council has drawn an official catchment area for this school. You can see it on the map below; it covers about 4.9 square kilometres. Living inside it moves your child up the queue when there are more applicants than places. It doesn't guarantee a place: the council's admissions rules decide the order.
Set your home postcode at the top of the page to see whether you live inside it.
33 places were empty (59% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have grown by 10% since 2021/22.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Northumberland council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (20), language and communications needs (11), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Other difficulty or disability (1), Physical disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 36 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 26 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 64% | 65% | 75% | 71% | 65% | 46% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 45% | 31% | 38% | 22% | 23% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 50% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 19% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 91.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 8.6% | 5.9% | 5.4% | 6.2% | 3.8% | 6.5% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 7.8% | 5.5% | 3.7% | 4.8% | 3.4% | 5.9% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.6% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 40.0% | 21.1% | 19.1% | 21.1% | 13.0% | 30.0% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 130.0 | 62.5 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellington Primary School | Council | 1.2 miles | 218 | Good 2024 | 88 | Compare |
| NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School | Academy | 2.0 miles | 125 | Good 2024 | 12 | Compare |
| Grange View Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Church of England | 2.0 miles | 156 | Good 2024 | 69 | Compare |
| Bothal Academy | Academy | 2.4 miles | – | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Central Academy | Academy | 2.6 miles | – | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School | Academy | 2.9 miles | 253 | Good 2024 | 19 | Compare |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington | Academy | 3.0 miles | 238 | Good 2021 | 81 | Compare |
| NCEA Bishop's Primary School | Academy | 3.2 miles | 448 | Good 2022 | 12 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Linton Primary School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Linton Primary School yet.
How many pupils does Linton Primary School have?
36 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 40 places, so it is 90% full.
Is Linton Primary School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 33 places were empty in 2024/25 (59% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Linton Primary School?
Pupils were in school 91.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 40% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Linton Primary School?
The average class had 7.5 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
Does Linton Primary School have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Linton, Morpeth, NE61 5SG
- Telephone
- 01670 860361
- Website
- www.linton.northumberland.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Carrie Hodgson
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 2-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Ward
- Lynemouth
- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 122199 · LAESTAB 9292105 · UKPRN 10072952
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Year 6 results: DfE key stage 2 tables, 2024/25.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Catchment area: Northumberland council open data (Open Government Licence), reprojected to WGS84.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.