Welbeck Academy

School overview

Welbeck Academy is a primary school serving Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 472 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. Ofsted rated the school 'Requires improvement' in November 2025. 65% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 7.0 percentage points year on 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 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Welbeck Academy their first choice was offered one of its 54 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.44 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 15.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 75% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Welbeck Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.