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Westerhope Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Hillhead Road, Westerhope, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE5 1NE · newcastle.gov.uk · 0191 267 4750
Overview
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 426
- 6 over 420 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 38.1%
- First language not English
- 6.3%
- 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: Newcastle upon Tyne Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 57 families put the school first and 58 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 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 51 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 46 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 33 | 0.8 | 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 8% 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 | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 108457)
Ofsted
- Ofsted inspection
- No inspection available