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Archbishop Runcie CofE First School

Voluntary aided school·First school Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne·NE3 1US
School type
First school
Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Archbishop Runcie CofE First School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
0.80
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
96
any preference, for 25 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1320220.8520230.9720240.8820250.802026

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

Every child who put Archbishop Runcie CofE First 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).

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

School profile

Age range
3–9
Pupils on roll
173
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
22.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,360
Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Gosforth Central Middle School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · 0.3 mi 59.6 Gosforth East Middle School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · 0.5 mi 71.8 St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth Newcastle-upon-Tyne · 0.6 mi 59.1 Gosforth Junior High Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne · 0.6 mi 73.0 St Charles' Catholic Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · 1.0 mi 89.0 Cragside Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · 1.2 mi 68.0 Benton Park Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · 1.3 mi 64.2 West Jesmond Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · 1.3 mi 87.3

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Archbishop Runcie CofE First School at a glance

Located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archbishop Runcie CofE First School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 173 pupils aged 3 to 9.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Archbishop Runcie CofE First School their first choice was offered one of its 25 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 21.3 pupils per teacher. Archbishop Runcie CofE First 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.