NCEA William Leech CofE Primary SchoolNCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School and NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School are primary schools.

  • NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School scores 43 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School was judged Good and NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 29.0% for NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School and 24.0% for NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School (47.0% in 2022-23, 29.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 24.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School versus NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure MorpethNCEA William Leech CofE Primary SchoolNewbiggin-By-the-SeaNCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD43/100C55/100Stronger figure
Local ranking44th of 118 in Northumberland 29th of 118 in Northumberland Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll134 412
Capacity202 594
LocationMorpeth, NE61 5TR Newbiggin-By-the-Sea, NE64 6RT
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard29.0% Stronger figure24.0% 62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 2.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score99.0 Stronger figure98.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score98.0 98.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census134 412
Free school meals (ever 6)61.7% 48.5%
English as an additional language1.5% 2.9%
SEN support27.6% 35.4%
SEN with an EHC plan6.7% 6.8%
Attendance
Overall absence6.7% Stronger figure7.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence18.2% Stronger figure21.6% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School

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