West Walker Primary School

About West Walker Primary School

West Walker Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 212 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 17.0 percentage points compared with 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 102 in reading and 99 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 West Walker Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 14 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 19.8 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. West Walker 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.