Graded inspection · Nov 2024 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 | Good | |||
| 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 entry36 applications · 8 places offered · 8 named it first
- 2026 4.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2025 3.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
- 2024 2.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2023 4.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
- 2022 2.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
- 2021 1.6; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2020 1.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2019 2.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2018 2.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2017 2.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2016 2.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
- 2015 1.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
- 2014 1.8; 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 | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2024 | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 14 | 30 | 2.1 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 19 | 30 | 1.6 | 17 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 21 | 36 | 1.7 | 18 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2019 | 21 | 48 | 2.3 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 26 | 54 | 2.1 | 21 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2017 | 17 | 46 | 2.7 | 15 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 | 16 | 35 | 2.2 | 12 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2015 | 17 | 30 | 1.8 | 9 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2014 | 18 | 33 | 1.8 | 13 | 0.72 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 75% · Writing 71% · Maths 61% → all three 57% 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 | 57% | 7% | 107 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 4% | 102 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 36% | 11% | 103 | 99 |
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
- West Newcastle AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20244.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good · improving20241.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20232.1applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good20242.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good20231.4applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Newcastle upon TyneNot yet inspected
- 1.0 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Newcastle upon Tyne20261.8applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Newcastle upon Tyne20262.0applications per place 73%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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139729 · 391/2019
- Trust
- West Newcastle Academy
- Capacity
- 196 pupils · 181 on roll
- Free school meals
- 53.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 2 September 2013
- Address
- Off Armstrong Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 8QP
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources