Cramlington Village Primary School, Cramlington

Ofsted's report card from its 9 September 2026 inspection grades Cramlington Village Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, generally achieve well across the curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders make sure that pupils and families understand the importance of regular attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have taken deliberate steps to improve the curriculum structure and to strengthen teaching since the previous inspection."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years, including those in the 2-year-old provision, receive a warm and positive start to their education."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "This is a welcoming and inclusive school where pupils feel that they belong."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and governors provide a clear vision for the school and its improvement journey."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's values underpin the personal development programme."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that they further develop their relationships with all parents and carers to improve communication and build trust"; "Leaders should ensure that there is consistency in the use of assessment and feedback so that all teachers check for understanding precisely and fine-tune future tasks"; "Leaders should ensure that teaching enables all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to improve their reading, handwriting and spelling competency across all subjects".

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils at Cramlington Village Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Northumberland and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 54% in reading and 61% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 11 families put Cramlington Village Primary School as their first choice and 19 named it as one of their preferences, for 11 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Cramlington Village Primary School are Eastlea Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 68% reading, 86% maths); Burnside Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 88% reading, 88% maths); Cramlington Shanklea Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 76% reading, 76% maths); and Cramlington Northburn Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 85% reading, 90% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Cramlington Village Primary School.

Cramlington Village Primary School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

8.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 49 pupils (28.7%) received SEN support and 12 (7%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Cramlington Village Primary School had 10 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Railway station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Eastfield Grange (sb), 240 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cramlington Village Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 121 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Northumberland (44), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Cramlington Village Primary School issued 24 suspensions, 13.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.