Central Academy
Ofsted: Good
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- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Ashington, NE63 0AX
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Central Primary School
Milburn Road, Ashington, NE63 0AX
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
1036
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 28 February 2026 and continues as Central Academy (URN 152255) (opened 1 March 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 52.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 65.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 62.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 56.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 85
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 653
- Boys
- 321 (49%)
- Girls
- 332 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1036 (63% full)
- SEND
- 25.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 62.9%
- EAL
- 9.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.7%
- SEN Support
- 20.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,882/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.2%
- Black African: 7.2%
- Asian Other: 2.3%
- White Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.2%
- Other: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.9%
82.2%
White British
7.2%
Black African
2.3%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 131021
- UKPRN
- 10071067
- Establishment No.
- 2531
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