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Monkchester Road Nursery School

Nursery · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE6 2LJ

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 July 2025

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At a glance

125 pupils (January 2026 census)

School type
Local authority nursery school
Age range
2–5
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
46.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
26% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
24.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.monkchesterroad.newcastle.sch.uk
URN
108431

In figures

At its inspection on 8 July 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. It had 125 pupils at the 15 January 2026 census.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 58% (Newcastle upon Tyne 56%, England 60%) · Black African 19% (Newcastle upon Tyne 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Newcastle upon Tyne 3%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Newcastle upon Tyne 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Newcastle upon Tyne 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
28.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 15.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £64,131; 40% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,234
Typical nursery school£13,398

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for nursery schools in brackets: Staff 70% (79%) · premises 5% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (5%) · supplies and services 17% (8%) · educational supplies 2% (2%) · bought-in professional services 15% (3%) · catering 5% (0%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £321,295; in-year balance -£28,265

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher17.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work11.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways32.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier24.9%62.3%
Social housing68.6%17.1%
Privately rented6.2%20.5%
Detached houses3.4%22.9%
Flats10.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms1.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van54%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008389 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£120,000245 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£90,000–£155,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (10)£244,000
Semi-detached (41)£144,000
Terraced (129)£120,000
Flat (65)£77,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
49an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
10an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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