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Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)

PrimaryAges 2–11Community

Wooler, NE71 6QG · Northumberland local authority

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Getting in
16/16
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
107 pupils
79% of its 135 places
Free school meals
17%
17 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Good, November 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (16 of 16)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NE71 6) sold for a median £214,950; Wooler’s is £214,950
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)?

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

16
families put it first for September 2026
16
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. Northumberland council 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

1.10 per place
91% got their first choice
Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
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

86 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
16.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
1.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 38%Boys 62%
Its letter

No letter for Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)

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, November 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)

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

Home prices in NE71 6, the school’s postcode sector

Wooler property prices →
£214,950
median sale, 149 sales in 36 months · Wooler £214,950

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025NE71 6Wooler
NE71 6Wooler

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£310K
Semi-detached
£215K
Terraced
£152K
Flat
£130K
NE71 6Wooler

Homes in NE71 6 sell for about the same as Wooler’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Wooler, NE71 6QG

Nearby

Primary schools near Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)

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

Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School): common questions

How hard is it to get into Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)?

For September 2026, 16 families put Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School) first and all of them were offered a place; 16 places were offered in all.

What is Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2022).

How much do houses cost near Glendale Primary School (Prev. Wooler First School)?

Homes in its postcode sector, NE71 6, sold for a median £214,950 over the 36 months to August 2026 (149 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; Wooler’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.