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Hilton Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Hilton Avenue, Blakelaw, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE5 3RN · hpa.northerneducationtrust.org · 0191 286 9297
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Newcastle upon Tyne 66%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Newcastle upon Tyne Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 415
- 99% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 50.5%
- First language not English
- 24.6%
- 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: Newcastle upon Tyne Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 39 families put the school first and 47 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 | 47 | 39 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 35 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 51 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 45 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 47 | 38 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 18% the higher standard. Across Newcastle upon Tyne it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▲18% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hilton Primary Academy on 16 September 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 16 Sept 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Apr 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2024Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 69%
- Replies
- 16
- 4% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 69% who had a child bullied