Swansfield Park Primary School
The Avenue, Alnwick, NE66 1UL
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Swansfield Park Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anne-Marie Grimes
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 370
- URN
- 122172
- Local authority
- Northumberland
About this school
Swansfield Park Primary School was a community primary school in Alnwick. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 370 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Swansfield Park Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 46 | 51 | 40 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 71% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 16% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 80% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 84% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 71% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Swansfield Park Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Northumberland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 54.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 52.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 56% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 356 |
| 2023/24 | 376 |
| 2024/25 | 370 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Swansfield Park Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 4.5% | 16% | 370 | — |
| Swansfield Park Primary School | — | — | — | 383 | 0.0 miles |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Alnwick | 68% | 5.3% | 25.6% | 197 | 0.4 miles |
| Ncea Harry Hotspur Church of England Primary School | — | 7.4% | 36.7% | 104 | 0.5 miles |
| Shilbottle Primary School | — | — | — | 71 | 2.9 miles |
| Hipsburn Primary School | 67% | 4.3% | 6.9% | 102 | 3.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.03%
- English as an additional language
- 3.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.49%
- Persistent absence
- 10.41%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Swansfield Park Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Alnwick
-
St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Alnwick0.4 miles
Primary · Alnwick
-
Ncea Harry Hotspur Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Alnwick
-
Shilbottle Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Alnwick
-
Hipsburn Primary School3.3 miles
Primary · Alnwick
Other schools in Alnwick
- Branton Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Embleton Vincent Edwards Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hipsburn Primary School Primary
- Longhoughton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ncea Harry Hotspur Church of England Primary School Primary
- Shilbottle Primary School Primary
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Alnwick Primary
- Swansfield Park Primary School Primary
- Whittingham Church of England Primary School Primary
- The Duchess's Community High School Secondary
- Barndale School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Swansfield Park Primary School teach?
- Swansfield Park Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Alnwick.
- Has Swansfield Park Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Swansfield Park Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Swansfield Park Primary School?
- Swansfield Park Primary School had 370 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Swansfield Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Swansfield Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Swansfield Park Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.