Gosforth Park First School
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE3 5JQ
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 5 February 2020
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299 pupils · 100% of 281 capacity
- School type
- Foundation school
- Age range
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 6.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 11.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 6.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.4% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 108442
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.32 first-choice applications per place60 places offered · 79 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 21% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 13 May 2025: S5 Inspection
- 4 February 2020: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 12 July 2016: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.