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Havannah First School

Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE13 9FR

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Good

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 4 July 2023

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At a glance

331 pupils · 100% of 330 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
4–9
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
7.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
13.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.havannah.newcastle.sch.uk
URN
108443

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 99 families named it first for 90 Reception places, 1.10 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.703 miles; distance decided places in 7 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 4 July 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.10 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 99 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.703 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.703 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 63% (Newcastle upon Tyne 56%, England 60%) · Not recorded 7% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Newcastle upon Tyne 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 2%) · Black African 4% (Newcastle upon Tyne 8%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 3% (Newcastle upon Tyne 3%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 5%) · Any other White background 1% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 1% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 1%)

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

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
4.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.33 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Newcastle upon Tyne: 1.74 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
26.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 15 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 £58,109; 21.4% 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£5,735
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 8% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £77,516; in-year balance +£43,192

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher61.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications3.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work61.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways4.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health68.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier90.4%62.3%
Social housing2%17.1%
Privately rented7.6%20.5%
Detached houses69.1%22.9%
Flats1.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms65.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035614 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£260,000389 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£212,000–£339,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (173)£348,000
Semi-detached (114)£240,000
Terraced (72)£203,500
Flat (30)£152,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.13 km, 2026 entry): 404 sales, median £261,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
0an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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