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Spring Gardens Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Brightman Road, North Shields NE29 0HP · springgardensprimary.org.uk · 0191 300 9750
On the mapSearch near NE29 0HP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2021
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 41%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Tyneside 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 314
- 69% of 452 places
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 38.6%
- First language not English
- 7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 30 families put the school first and 32 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 | 32 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 40 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 39 | 31 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 46 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 41% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across North Tyneside it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼41% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 108574)
Ofsted
Spring Gardens Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 8 December 2021, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 8 Dec 2021
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108574)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 108574), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108574)
Dec 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108574)
Sept 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108574)