Morpeth First School

About Morpeth First School

Morpeth First School sits within Northumberland’s primary landscape, a local authority that counts 127 primary schools in total, nine of which hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school itself is rated Good, a grade it earned in its most recent inspection in 2022. Among its local peers in the same authority, the top-ranked schools are Eastlea Primary School, Belsay Primary School, and St Aidan’s Catholic Primary School in Ashington, each scoring between 80 and 82 on the local ranking measure. Morpeth First School is a mixed, state-funded primary for children aged 3 to 9, with a nursery provision on site. It has no religious character and is led by headteacher Nadine Fielding. The school is notably oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 139 applications for 60 places, with 56 of those coming as first preferences, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.32. That level of demand suggests strong local reputation, even if the school doesn’t sit among the very top-ranked peers in the area.

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