Greenside Primary School

Community school·Primary school Ryton, Gateshead·NE40 4AX
Composite score
69.1
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#1,885
National rank
#96
In North East
#7
In Gateshead
Top 13%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
14 first choices, 15 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 15 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Greenside Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
174
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,386
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Greenside Primary School at a glance

Located in Ryton, Gateshead, Greenside Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 174 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 13% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Greenside Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 14 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 16.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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