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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

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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

20222023202420252026September 2022: 33 (Places 40)33September 2023: 46 (Places 46)46September 2024: 51 (Places 53)51September 2025: 46 (Places 49)46September 2026: 57 (Places 58)57Places 58
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202658571100%
September 2025Sept 202549460.9100%
September 2024Sept 202453511100%
September 2023Sept 202346461100%
September 2022Sept 202240330.8100%

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

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 58% (England 53%)58%2016/17: 66% (England 61%)66%2017/18: 80% (England 64%)80%2018/19: 68% (England 65%)68%2022/23: 58% (England 60%)58%2023/24: 67% (England 61%)67%2024/25: 70% (England 62%)70%England 62%

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 108457)

Ofsted

Ofsted inspection
No inspection available

Inspection reports

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