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State middle deemed secondary · 9 to 13 · Mixed · 344 pupils

Ovingham Middle School

West Road, Ovingham, Prudhoe, NE42 6DE · Northumberland
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Inspection
School remains Good, March 2024
Size
344 pupils; classes of 27
Run by
Cheviot Learning Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
9 to 13 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Sessions missed: 4.3%, against 8.2% in Northumberland.
  • Persistently absent: 8.3%, against 22.2% in Northumberland.
  • We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
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At a glance

Against Northumberland and England
This schoolNorthumberlandEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
4.3%
Better than Northumberland
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
8.3%
Better than Northumberland
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
6.9
Better than Northumberland
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
26.6
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
10%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
18.7
Context
Northumberland and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • We hold a catchment map for this school.
  • We can't tell how far Year 7 places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.

Quality

  • School remains Good Ofsted · inspected 20 March 2024
  • We hold no published results for this school: it may be new, or have no pupils in the tested years.

Daily life

  • Absence: 4.3% of sessions missed; 8.3% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 7.4% and 19% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 7 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 9); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 26.6 pupils; 10% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 18.7 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 49 m, rail 637 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 2 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 1 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 4.0 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.2 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Cheviot Learning Trust, with 18 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2023
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 September 2019 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Ovingham Middle School (URN 122341) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 April 2019
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

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Results

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
20 March 2024Ungraded visitSchool remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 2024.

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/254.3%3.5%0.8%8.3%0.6%
2023/245.9%4.8%1.1%14%0.9%
2022/235.2%4.3%0.9%15%0.3%
Schools with a similar intake7.4%19%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 831 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/256.93.2%240
2023/249.14.4%310
2022/238.73.3%290
Schools with a similar intake8.9

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size26.62025/26
Classes over 30 pupils10%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher18.7November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus49
rail637

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20251
20240
20230
20221
20210

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 1 serious and 0 fatal in all; 0 involved a pedestrian, 2 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO24.02024
PM108.02024
PM255.22024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals10%2025/26
First language other than English1.5%2025/26
SEN support22%2025/26
Education, health and care plan5.5%2025/26
Girls48%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Cheviot Learning Trust, with 18 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2023
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 September 2019 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Ovingham Middle School (URN 122341) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 April 2019
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Prudhoe and the Northumberland league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.