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Walbottle Village Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
The Green, Walbottle Village, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE15 8JL · walbottlevillage.newcastle.sch.uk · 0191 267 5320
On the mapSearch near NE15 8JL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 147
- 61% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 51.7%
- First language not English
- 11.6%
- 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, 12 families put the school first and 14 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 | 14 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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 | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 108448)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Walbottle Village Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 19 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Good
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 Feb 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Mar 2010Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 18
- 11% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied