St Aidan's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school located in Ashington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 04/07/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is well above average, progress in reading and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4%, the same as UK average.

School Information

Address: Moorhouse Lane, Ashington, NE63 9LR
Website: http://www.st-aidans.northumberland.sch.uk
Telephone: 01670813308
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Northumberland
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Michael Moran
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 122307

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 04/07/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 251
Number of Boys: 129
Number of Girls: 122

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4% 4%
Persistent absence: 6.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: -0.8 Confidence interval -2.8 to 1.2
Writing
Well Above Average: 2.8 Confidence interval 1 to 4.7
Maths
Average: -0.5 Confidence interval -2.2 to 1.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:65%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:8%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Aidan's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
Moorhouse Lane , NE63 9LR 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School
Moorhouse Lane , NE63 9LP 		- not rated 155 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
NCEA Bishop's Primary School
Academy Road , NE63 9FZ 		- not rated 411 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Central Primary School
Milburn Road , NE63 0AX 		2out of 4 1,076 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School
Norham Road , NE63 0LF 		- not rated 1,189 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
NCEA Duke's Secondary School
Academy Road , NE63 9FZ 		2out of 4 463 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Ashington Academy
Green Lane , NE63 8DH 		1out of 4 1,943 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
NCEA Castle School
Academy Road , NE63 9FZ 		- not rated 482 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
Rosewood Independent School
Within YMCA Northumberland , North View NE63 9XQ 		- not rated 1,619 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Gust Independent School
1 Haldane Street , NE63 8SF 		- not rated 1,749 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Buzz Learning Independent Specialist School
8 Esther Court , Wansbeck Business Park NE63 8AP 		- not rated 2,282 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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