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Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford

Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford

PrimaryAges 4–11Voluntary aidedChurch of England

near Lowick, TD15 2QA · Northumberland local authority

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Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Getting in
5/5
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
49 pupils
65% of its 75 places
Free school meals
16%
16 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 49 pupils for 75 places
  • Ofsted: Good, May 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Lowick, the nearest town
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (5 of 5)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (TD15 2) sold for a median £195,000; Lowick’s is £200,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

5
families put it first for September 2026
5
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Northumberland council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

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100% got their first choice
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100% got their first choice
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Hugh Joicey CofE Primary School, Ford
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

52 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
7.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
5.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 40%Boys 60%
Its letter

No letter for Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

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.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), May 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford

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

Home prices in TD15 2, the school’s postcode sector

Lowick property prices →
£195,000
median sale, 431 sales in 36 months · Lowick £200,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025TD15 2
TD15 2Lowick

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£346K
Semi-detached
£177K
Terraced
£175K
Flat
£92K
TD15 2Lowick

Homes in TD15 2 sell for about the same as Lowick’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

near Lowick, TD15 2QA

Nearby

Primary schools near Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford: common questions

How hard is it to get into Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford?

For September 2026, 5 families put Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford first and all of them were offered a place; 5 places were offered in all.

What is Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2024).

How much do houses cost near Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford?

Homes in its postcode sector, TD15 2, sold for a median £195,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (431 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; Lowick’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.