Washingwell Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead·NE16 4RB
Composite score
37.1
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#11,811
National rank
#630
In North East
#52
In Gateshead
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 11 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
47
any preference, for 11 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
1.0020220.8520230.7720241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Washingwell Community 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
175
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,537
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Washingwell Community Primary School

Washingwell Community Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 175 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 9.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Washingwell Community Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 11 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 19.0 pupils per teacher. Washingwell Community Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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