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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 |
Inspection history
- 22 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 19 May 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry70 applications · 55 places offered · 45 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2025 1.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
- 2024 1.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2023 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
- 2022 1.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.2
- 2021 0.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2020 0.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2019 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2018 1.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2017 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2016 1.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
- 2015 1.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3
- 2014 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Newcastle upon Tyne median
Dashed bars: as Thomas Walling Primary School (URN 108480), the previous school.
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 | 55 | 70 | 1.3 | 45 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 35 | 43 | 1.2 | 27 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2024 | 54 | 78 | 1.4 | 45 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2023 | 58 | 75 | 1.3 | 48 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2022 | 46 | 56 | 1.2 | 34 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2021 | 50 | 47 | 0.9 | 36 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2020 | 48 | 42 | 0.9 | 27 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2019 | 49 | 62 | 1.3 | 37 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 70 | 1.2 | 48 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 88 | 1.5 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 82 | 1.4 | 48 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 | 59 | 83 | 1.4 | 54 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 80 | 1.3 | 46 | 0.77 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 89% · Writing 79% · Maths 83% → all three 77% 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 | 77% | 8% | 107 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 11% | 105 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 76% | 10% | 106 | 107 |
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
- Thomas Walling Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.3applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good20242.4applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good20242.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good20235.2applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good20242.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20231.6applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Newcastle upon Tyne20261.8applications per place 66%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
- 140788 · 391/2890
- Capacity
- 488 pupils · 412 on roll
- Free school meals
- 64.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2014
- Replaced
- Thomas Walling Primary School (URN 108480)
- Address
- Lindfield Avenue, Blakelaw, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 3PL
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources