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Wardley Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Keir Hardie Avenue, Wardley, Gateshead NE10 8TX · wardleyprimary.org · 0191 469 3012
On the mapSearch near NE10 8TX
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- 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
- 292
- 93% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 40.6%
- First language not English
- 7.9%
- 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, 35 families put the school first and 36 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 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 32 | 27 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 40 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% 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 | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Wardley Primary School on 6 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 6 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Positive
- 84%
- Replies
- 32
- 11% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on 2 parents (6%) whose child was bullied
based on 7 parents (22%) with SEND