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Benton Park Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 457Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 108459URN

Corchester Walk, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7SS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
0.6 above Newcastle upon Tyne median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne

160 applications for 60 places · 16th of 66 in Newcastle upon Tyne
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
79%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 8 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.7applications per place, Reception
0.6 above Newcastle upon Tyne median (2.1) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

160 applications · 60 places offered · 63 named it first

  1. 2026 2.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
  2. 2025 3.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
  5. 2022 3.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.6; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
  10. 2017 2.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
  12. 2015 1.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
  13. 2014 2.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
More applications per place than the Newcastle upon Tyne median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Newcastle upon Tyne median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026601602.7631.05
Sep 2025601883.1891.48
Sep 2024601702.8791.32
Sep 2023581682.9751.29
Sep 2022591773.0671.14
Sep 2021591522.6540.92
Sep 2020601512.5570.95
Sep 2019601492.5530.88
Sep 2018591412.4570.97
Sep 2017581562.7520.90
Sep 2016471142.4360.77
Sep 2015551001.8340.62
Sep 2014451122.5461.02

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 86% · Maths 88% → all three 79% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard79%8th of 63 in Newcastle upon Tyne
Reading
Expected standard84%
Higher standard46%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard86%
Greater depth12%
Maths
Expected standard88%
Higher standard39%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Newcastle upon Tyne median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2579%11%107106
2023/2467%10%108105
2022/2373%7%107105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
108459 · 391/2050
Capacity
458 pupils · 457 on roll
Free school meals
10.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Corchester Walk, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7SS
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources