SCHOOL PROFILE

Ponteland Community Primary School: data, trends and context

Ponteland Community Primary School is a primary school in Northumberland. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
143469
Phase
Primary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Northumberland
Region
North East
Trust
PONTELAND ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
NE20 9EY
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
274
FSM eligible
7.7%
EAL / First language other than English
6.6%
SEND (total)
10.9%
SEN Support
9.1%
EHCP
1.8%
White British
69.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
94.5%
Overall absence
5.5%
Persistent absence
15.2%
Severe absence
0.00%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Primary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
NorthumberlandLocal authority94.7%5.3%1.9%
North EastRegion94.6%5.4%1.8%
EnglandEngland94.7%5.3%1.6%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
1.7%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
1.7%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Ponteland Community Primary School against 25 similar schools

Explore in School DNA

Ponteland Community Primary School is a primary school in Northumberland. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.