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Birtley East Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Highfield, Birtley DH3 1QQ · birtleyeastprimary.org · 0191 410 2551
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 59%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Gateshead 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Gateshead Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 189
- 61% of 308 places
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 36.4%
- First language not English
- 14.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Gateshead Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 19 families put the school first and 19 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 22 | 18 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Gateshead it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼59% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Birtley East Community Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 8 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Apr 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 19
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied