Beaconhill Community Primary School, Cramlington

From the headteacher's welcome: "A very warm welcome to Beaconhill Community Primary School. We are all exceptionally proud of our school and we are committed to being a supportive, inclusive setting where all achievements are celebrated. Our highly experienced and dedicated staff team take pride in our standards of attainment and the progress that children make here."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care until 6:00pm.

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at Beaconhill Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 48% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Northumberland and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 42% in reading and 55% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put Beaconhill Community Primary School as their first choice and 55 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Beaconhill Community Primary School are Hareside Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 85% reading, 78% maths); Cramlington Shanklea Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 76% reading, 76% maths); Ss Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary Academy (1 mile, Good, 82% reading, 79% maths); and Cramlington Northburn Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 85% reading, 90% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Beaconhill Community Primary School.

40.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 56 pupils (23.6%) received SEN support and 6 (2.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Beaconhill Community Primary School had 13 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Railway station, about 500 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beaconhill Grange (near), 360 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 142 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Northumberland (44), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Beaconhill Community Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.