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Kibblesworth Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
West View, Kibblesworth, Gateshead NE11 0XP · kibblesworthacademy.org.uk · 0191 410 2975
On the mapSearch near NE11 0XP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- 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
- 126
- 74% of 170 places
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16%
- First language not English
- 6.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Kibblesworth Academy
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, 6 families put the school first and 6 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 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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 | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 December 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Kibblesworth Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 6 Dec 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (42 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 42
- 26% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied