Shilbottle Primary School
Shilbottle Primary School is a converter academy in Alnwick for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 71 pupils and room for 151. About 16 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.
Shilbottle Grange, Shilbottle, Alnwick, NE66 2XQ01665 575285shilbottle.northumberland.sch.ukMr Craig Shaw headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 24 January 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
Results
Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025
15 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. These are the results of Shilbottle Primary School, the school this one replaced.
All Year 6 measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025† | 2024† | 2023† | 2019† | 2018† | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils tested | 15 | 15 | 13 | 31 | 24 | – | – |
| Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 80% | 54% | 58% | 46% | 60% | 63% |
| Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 20% | 0% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Reading scoreReading average scaled score | 107.0 | 108.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 | 104.5 | 105.6 |
| Maths scoreMaths average scaled score | 103.0 | 106.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 | 99.0 | 103.6 | 104.6 |
| Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score | 108.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 | 103.7 | 105.2 |
| Expected level: readingReading expected standard | 87% | 93% | 85% | 74% | 67% | – | – |
| Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard | 67% | 80% | 54% | 65% | 50% | – | – |
| Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed) | 67% | 80% | 69% | 77% | 83% | – | – |
| Reading progressReading progress score | – | – | -3.4 | -2.7 | -3.7 | – | – |
| Maths progressMaths progress score | – | – | -5.8 | -4.8 | -7.9 | – | – |
| Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged | – | 67% | – | 43% | – | – | – |
| Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged | – | 89% | – | 63% | – | – | – |
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.
† These results are for Shilbottle Primary School, the school this one replaced in June 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At the end of primary school, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
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 16 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.
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.
What a home inside the catchment costs
Every home sold inside the council's catchment area, of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 7.5 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 11.7 (England 27.3).
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Moderate learning difficulty (3), language and communications needs (3), emotional and mental health (2), Specific learning difficulty (2).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.8% 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 | 5.2% | 6.3% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 2.5% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.4% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 4.3% | 1.6% | 2.9% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.7% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 1.6% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 7.6% | 15.3% | 15.1% | 13.3% | 5.5% | 11.0% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Shilbottle Primary School, the school this one replaced in June 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hipsburn Primary School | Council | 2.7 miles | 102 | Good 2023 | 72 | Compare |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Alnwick | Academy | 2.9 miles | 197 | Good 2024 | 65 | Compare |
| Swansfield Park Primary School | Academy | 2.9 miles | 383 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| NCEA Warkworth Church of England Primary School | Academy | 3.3 miles | 200 | Good 2023 | 73 | Compare |
| Ncea Harry Hotspur Church of England Primary School | Academy | 3.3 miles | 104 | Good 2022 | 40 | Compare |
| Swarland Primary School | Council | 3.8 miles | 76 | No overall grade 2024 | 74 | Compare |
| King Edwin Primary School | Council | 4.6 miles | 161 | Good 2019 | 54 | Compare |
| Amble Links Primary School | Council | 4.9 miles | 216 | No overall grade 2024 | 85 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Shilbottle Primary School a good school?
Shilbottle Primary School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in January 2023.
What is Shilbottle Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Shilbottle Primary School good at its last full inspection on 24 January 2023.
How good are Shilbottle Primary School's SATs results?
In summer 2025, 47% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 0% went further and reached the higher level. The year group was small, so the percentages jump around a lot from year to year.
How many pupils does Shilbottle Primary School have?
71 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 151 places, so it is 47% full.
What is attendance like at Shilbottle Primary School?
Pupils were in school 94.8% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 8% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Shilbottle Primary School?
The average class had 10.5 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Shilbottle Grange, Shilbottle, Alnwick, NE66 2XQ
- Telephone
- 01665 575285
- Website
- www.shilbottle.northumberland.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Craig Shaw
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Pele Trust (14 schools)
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Ward
- Shilbottle
- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 June 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151714 · LAESTAB 9292281 · UKPRN 10097618
- Formerly
- Shilbottle Primary School
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, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Catchment area: Northumberland council open data (Open Government Licence), reprojected to WGS84.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- 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.