Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry89 applications · 42 places offered · 41 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2025 2.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
- 2024 2.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2023 2.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
- 2022 2.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
- 2021 1.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2020 1.6; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2019 1.6; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2018 1.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2017 2.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2016 2.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
- 2015 1.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
- 2014 2.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 42 | 89 | 2.1 | 41 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 60 | 2.0 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 21 | 57 | 2.7 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 18 | 53 | 2.9 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 23 | 51 | 2.2 | 22 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 37 | 63 | 1.7 | 33 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 40 | 62 | 1.6 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 45 | 74 | 1.6 | 44 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 41 | 71 | 1.7 | 33 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 | 45 | 93 | 2.1 | 37 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2016 | 34 | 90 | 2.7 | 29 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2015 | 59 | 99 | 1.7 | 46 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2014 | 48 | 98 | 2.0 | 47 | 0.98 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 74% · Writing 72% · Maths 78% → all three 72% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Newcastle upon Tyne median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 72% | 2% | 103 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 6% | 101 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 51% | 5% | 101 | 103 |
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
- Atkinson Road Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.1applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.2 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good20242.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20244.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good20231.4applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good · improving20241.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Newcastle upon TyneNot yet inspected
- 1.4 km · Newcastle upon Tyne20261.8applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good20242.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138212 · 391/2010
- Capacity
- 524 pupils · 395 on roll
- Free school meals
- 66.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2012
- Replaced
- Atkinson Road Primary School (URN 108445)
- Address
- Atkinson Road, Benwell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 8XT
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources