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Bailey Green Primary School

Primary · Killingworth · NE12 6QL

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 5 June 2024

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At a glance

469 pupils · 112% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
0–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
21.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.baileygreenprimary.org.uk/
URN
108587

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 77 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.31 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.625 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 2 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2025 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 5 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.31 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 77 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 0.625 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.625 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
74%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
21%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school74%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
North Tyneside average62.9%
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
Highfield St Matthew's Church of England Primary SchoolWigan · 113 miles awayGood81%
Shotton Hall Primary SchoolPeterlee · 22 miles awayGood (2016)64%
Barming Primary SchoolMaidstone · 274 miles awayGood48%
Rayleigh Primary SchoolRayleigh · 255 miles awayGood78%
Leen Mills Primary SchoolNottingham · 139 miles awayGood49%
Robertswood SchoolGerrards Cross · 240 miles awayGood64%
Knop Law Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 7 miles awayGood83%
Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 139 miles awayExpected standard71%
South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary SchoolNottingham · 147 miles awayGood80%
Elmswell Community Primary SchoolBury St Edmunds · 219 miles awayGood (2016)76%
Eldon Grove AcademyHartlepool · 28 miles awayGood75%
Belmont Primary SchoolGuisborough · 41 miles awayGood54%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (North Tyneside 85%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 4% (North Tyneside 2%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (North Tyneside 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (North Tyneside 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (North Tyneside 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (North Tyneside 2%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (North Tyneside 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (North Tyneside 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (North Tyneside 2%, England 5%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (North Tyneside 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%

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)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Tyneside: 1.14 suspensions and 0.03 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
25.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% 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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.7 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 £52,184; 15% 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£8,180
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 52% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £1,242,719; in-year balance +£71,878

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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 higher33%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier81.7%62.3%
Social housing4.6%17.1%
Privately rented13.6%20.5%
Detached houses22.4%22.9%
Flats31.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms16.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008479 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£160,000298 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£120,000–£213,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (55)£307,000
Semi-detached (75)£160,000
Terraced (127)£150,000
Flat (41)£90,000

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 (1.01 km, 2026 entry): 298 sales, median £160,000. 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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
11an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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