Mowbray Primary School
Stakeford Lane, Guide Post, Choppington, NE62 5HQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Miller
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 320
- Pupils on roll
- 238
- URN
- 122243
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01670823198
About this school
Mowbray Primary School is a community primary school in Choppington. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 238 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 42 | 26 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% | 35% | 41% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 12% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 69% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 52% | 42% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 38% | 50% | 36% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - | - |
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 Mowbray 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 | 29% | 54.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 35% | 52.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 41% | 56% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 230 |
| 2023/24 | 214 |
| 2024/25 | 243 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mowbray Primary School compares
Mowbray Primary School ranked 64th of 72 primary schools in Northumberland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41% | 6.3% | 32.7% | 238 | — |
| Ringway Primary School | 67% | 4.8% | 25.6% | 189 | 0.4 miles |
| Choppington Primary School | 62% | 5.6% | 79.1% | 109 | 0.7 miles |
| Stakeford Primary School | 32% | 7.9% | 43.5% | 162 | 0.8 miles |
| Bothal Academy | — | — | — | — | 1.4 miles |
| NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School | 72% | 7% | 37.5% | 213 | 1.4 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)
- 32.68%
- English as an additional language
- 0.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.34%
- Persistent absence
- 16.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ringway Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Choppington
-
Choppington Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Choppington
-
Stakeford Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Choppington
-
Bothal Academy1.4 miles
Primary · Ashington
-
NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Ashington
Other schools in Choppington
- Choppington Primary School Primary
- Ringway Primary School Primary
- Stakeford Primary School Primary
- Cleaswell Hill School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Mowbray Primary School teach?
- Mowbray Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Choppington.
- Who is the headteacher of Mowbray Primary School?
- The headteacher of Mowbray Primary School is Mr Andrew Miller, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mowbray Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mowbray Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Mowbray Primary School?
- Mowbray Primary School has 238 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mowbray Primary School full?
- Mowbray Primary School has capacity for 320 pupils and 238 on roll (74%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mowbray Primary School a faith school?
- No. Mowbray Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mowbray Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mowbray Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Mowbray Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 29% in 2022/23 and 41% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mowbray Primary School rank locally?
- Mowbray Primary School ranked 64th of 72 primary schools in Northumberland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mowbray Primary School's absence rate?
- Mowbray Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mowbray Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mowbray 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 30 June 2026.