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Barndale School

Special schoolAges 4–19CommunitySixth form

Alnwick, NE66 1DQ · Northumberland local authority

Alnwick’s School Grade C+ better than 42% of towns in England

How full
110 pupils
92% of its 120 places
Free school meals
51%
51 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Barndale School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 51% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, April 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NE66 1) sold for a median £193,000; Alnwick’s is £240,995

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

90 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
57.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 29%Boys 71%
Its letter

No letter for Barndale School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, April 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Barndale School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in NE66 1, the school’s postcode sector

Alnwick property prices →
£193,000
median sale, 359 sales in 36 months · Alnwick £240,995

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025NE66 1Alnwick
NE66 1Alnwick

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£344K
Semi-detached
£193K
Terraced
£190K
Flat
£134K
NE66 1Alnwick

Homes in NE66 1 sell for well under Alnwick’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

4 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBB−C−BBarndale School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Alnwick, NE66 1DQ

Barndale School: common questions

What is Barndale School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (April 2024).

How much do houses cost near Barndale School?

Homes in its postcode sector, NE66 1, sold for a median £193,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (359 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Alnwick’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.