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West Jesmond Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 605Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 131203URN

Tankerville Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 3AJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.4 above Newcastle upon Tyne median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne

226 applications for 90 places · 20th of 66 in Newcastle upon Tyne
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
84%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 7 May 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 developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

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
2.5applications per place, Reception
0.4 above Newcastle upon Tyne median (2.1) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

226 applications · 90 places offered · 114 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
  7. 2020 3.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
  8. 2019 3.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
  10. 2017 2.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
  11. 2016 3.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
  12. 2015 3.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
  13. 2014 2.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
More applications per place than the Newcastle upon Tyne median in 13 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 2026902262.51141.27
Sep 2025902622.91161.29
Sep 2024902442.71041.16
Sep 2023902592.91161.29
Sep 2022902282.5941.04
Sep 2021902452.71281.42
Sep 2020892823.21151.29
Sep 2019902723.01281.42
Sep 2018902422.71091.21
Sep 2017902622.91091.21
Sep 2016902703.01051.17
Sep 2015912813.11181.30
Sep 2014902482.81011.12

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 92% · Writing 86% · Maths 92% → all three 84% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard84%3rd of 63 in Newcastle upon Tyne
Reading
Expected standard92%
Higher standard63%
Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard86%
Greater depth30%
Maths
Expected standard92%
Higher standard56%
Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Newcastle upon Tyne median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2584%28%110110
2023/2480%20%109109
2022/2383%28%109111

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
131203 · 391/2033
Capacity
630 pupils · 605 on roll
Free school meals
14.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 1997
Address
Tankerville Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 3AJ
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne

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