Broomhaugh (VA) Church of England First School
General Information
- Address: Church Lane, Riding Mill, NE44 6DR – View on map
- Phone: 01434682374
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Suzanne Hart
- Age range: 5-9 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 10 families put it first for 11 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 11 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 2
- % eligible for free school meals: 3.1%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Northumberland average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.8% a year (Northumberland 14.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 63% moved to another school, 37% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Northumberland: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Northumberland, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
Year 6 SATs results for this school haven't been added yet.
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20th of 107 primary schools in Northumberland for Ofsted rating
- #18Berwick St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #19Branton Primary School and NurseryGood
- #20Broomhaugh (VA) Church of England First SchoolGood
- #21Broomley First SchoolGood
- #22Burnside Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,328 (2024-25)
28th of 124 primary schools in Northumberland for spending per pupil
- #26Seahouses Primary School£9,399
- #27Adderlane Academy£9,366
- #28Broomhaugh (VA) Church of England First School£9,328
- #29Greenhead Church of England Nursery and Primary School£9,294
- #30Mickley First School£9,261
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