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Home/Cleanest Air Schools/North East

Schools with Best Air Quality in North East

Schools in North Eastranked by nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentration — lowest first. Air quality data is sourced from DEFRA’s Pollution Climate Mapping model, reporting annual mean concentrations in micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m³). WHO guidelines recommend NO2 levels below 10 µg/m³; the UK legal limit is 40 µg/m³.

Schools Listed

50

Region

North East

Metric

NO2 Level

Ranked by lowest NO2

Kielder Primary School and Nursery

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³

1.5

µg/m³ NO2

2

Greenhaugh Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³

1.6

µg/m³ NO2

Good

Whitfield CofE Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³

1.6

µg/m³ NO2

Wearhead Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.5 µg/m³

1.6

µg/m³ NO2

Harbottle Church of England First School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.0 µg/m³

1.7

µg/m³ NO2

St John's Chapel Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.5 µg/m³

1.7

µg/m³ NO2

Wark Church of England Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.3 µg/m³

1.8

µg/m³ NO2

Cambo First School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³

1.8

µg/m³ NO2

Branton Primary School and Nursery

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.0 µg/m³

1.8

µg/m³ NO2

Bellingham Middle School and Sports College

SecondaryPM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³

1.8

µg/m³ NO2

Allendale Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.4 µg/m³

1.8

µg/m³ NO2

Thropton Village First School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.0 µg/m³

1.8

µg/m³ NO2

Bellingham Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³

1.8

µg/m³ NO2

Otterburn Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.1 µg/m³

1.8

µg/m³ NO2

Whitley Chapel Church of England First School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.5 µg/m³

1.9

µg/m³ NO2

Holy Island Church of England Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 3.6 µg/m³

1.9

µg/m³ NO2

Greenhead Church of England Nursery and Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³

1.9

µg/m³ NO2

Whittingham Church of England Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.0 µg/m³

1.9

µg/m³ NO2

Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford

PrimaryPM2.5: 3.9 µg/m³

2.0

µg/m³ NO2

Ford Castle Residential Centre

Sixth FormPM2.5: 3.9 µg/m³

2.0

µg/m³ NO2

Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.6 µg/m³

2.0

µg/m³ NO2

Lowick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.0 µg/m³

2.1

µg/m³ NO2

Embleton Vincent Edwards Church of England Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 3.9 µg/m³

2.1

µg/m³ NO2

Ellingham Church of England Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.0 µg/m³

2.1

µg/m³ NO2

Slaley First School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.5 µg/m³

2.1

µg/m³ NO2

Norham St Ceolwulfs CofE Controlled Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 3.9 µg/m³

2.1

µg/m³ NO2

Humshaugh Church of England First School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.7 µg/m³

2.1

µg/m³ NO2

Frosterley Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.6 µg/m³

2.2

µg/m³ NO2

Rothbury First School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.3 µg/m³

2.2

µg/m³ NO2

Newbrough Church of England Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.5 µg/m³

2.2

µg/m³ NO2

Wooler First School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.0 µg/m³

2.2

µg/m³ NO2

Chollerton Church of England Aided First School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.6 µg/m³

2.2

µg/m³ NO2

Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School

SecondaryPM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³

2.2

µg/m³ NO2

Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.4 µg/m³

2.3

µg/m³ NO2

Shilbottle Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.4 µg/m³

2.3

µg/m³ NO2

Swarland Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.4 µg/m³

2.3

µg/m³ NO2

Haydon Bridge High School

SecondaryPM2.5: 4.5 µg/m³

2.3

µg/m³ NO2

Henshaw Church of England Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.4 µg/m³

2.3

µg/m³ NO2

Longridge Towers School

Sixth FormPM2.5: 4.0 µg/m³

2.3

µg/m³ NO2

Broomhill Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.4 µg/m³

2.3

µg/m³ NO2

Wolsingham School

SecondaryPM2.5: 4.6 µg/m³

2.3

µg/m³ NO2

Seahouses Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.0 µg/m³

2.3

µg/m³ NO2

Haltwhistle Primary Academy

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.6 µg/m³

2.4

µg/m³ NO2

Belford Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³

2.4

µg/m³ NO2

James Calvert Spence College

SecondaryPM2.5: 4.5 µg/m³

2.4

µg/m³ NO2

NCEA Warkworth Church of England Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.3 µg/m³

2.4

µg/m³ NO2

Felton Church of England Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.4 µg/m³

2.4

µg/m³ NO2

Cotherstone Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.7 µg/m³

2.4

µg/m³ NO2

Woodland Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.6 µg/m³

2.5

µg/m³ NO2

Longhoughton Church of England Primary School

PrimaryPM2.5: 4.1 µg/m³

2.5

µg/m³ NO2

Other regions

London South East South West East of England West Midlands East Midlands North West Yorkshire and The Humber

Air quality data sourced from DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping (annual mean NO2 and PM2.5 concentrations). Air quality labels: Good (≤20 µg/m³), Moderate (21–40 µg/m³), Poor (>40 µg/m³). Data refreshed daily.