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Wingrove Primary School

Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE4 9HN

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 17 March 2026 · report published 11 May 2026

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At a glance

466 pupils · 99% of 472 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
49% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
76.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.wingrove.newcastle.sch.uk
URN
108487

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 62 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.03 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.571 miles; distance decided places in 8 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 17 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 62 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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.571 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
59%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school59%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
Newcastle upon Tyne average65.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Alma Primary SchoolEnfield · 240 miles awayGood73%
Crumpsall Lane Primary SchoolManchester · 104 miles awayGood60%
Rood End Primary SchoolOldbury · 172 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Galton Valley Primary SchoolSmethwick · 172 miles awayGood71%
St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolBradford · 83 miles awayGood52%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School & NurserySouthampton · 282 miles awayOutstanding56%
Brentfield Primary SchoolLondon · 244 miles awayGood58%
John Perryn Primary SchoolLondon · 246 miles awayGood58%
Lime Academy AbbotsmedePeterborough · 176 miles awayExpected standard57%
St Thomas CofE Primary SchoolOldham · 102 miles awayGood62%
Westbourne Primary SchoolBradford · 81 miles awayNo current grade55%
St Luke's Church of England Aided Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 167 miles awayNo current grade67%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 36% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 16% (Newcastle upon Tyne 4%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 14% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 3%) · Any other White background 11% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 2%) · Black African 6% (Newcastle upon Tyne 8%, England 5%) · White British 3% (Newcastle upon Tyne 56%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 3% (Newcastle upon Tyne 3%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Newcastle upon Tyne 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.64 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
21.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school

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)

76.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.1 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 £55,437; 14.3% 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£7,673
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 1% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 21% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 16% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £432,004; in-year balance -£87,164

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher33%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications27.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier48.9%62.3%
Social housing7.4%17.1%
Privately rented43.7%20.5%
Detached houses6.1%22.9%
Flats31.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms28.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van31.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008455 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£154,500288 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£109,500–£275,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£465,000
Semi-detached (91)£175,500
Terraced (129)£186,000
Flat (60)£78,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.92 km, 2025 entry): 257 sales, median £155,000. 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

Child pedestrian casualties
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
54an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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