Ponteland Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE20 9EY · Northumberland
Ages 2–11
- KS261%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM8.0%
- Demand1.04
0.9 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 145781
Darras Hall Primary School
Academy converter · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE20 9DS
Ages 3–11 · 459 pupils · Northumberland
Ofsted
Outstanding
KS2 expected (RWM)
69%
Overall absence
3.8%
Admissions demand
0.96 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-11-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)69%
Higher standard (RWM)15%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 108.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.0%
Unauthorised1.4%
- Authorised absence
- 2.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 364
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.96 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
51
Places offered
53
1st-preference offers
51
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 117
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 53
- Applications from outside LA
- 42
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 8
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill90%
459 pupils · 510 places
- Pupils on roll
- 459
- Boys / girls
- 238 / 221
- School capacity
- 510
- Capacity fill
- 459 / 510 (90%)
- Free school meals
- 3.7%
- FSM pupils
- 17
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: PELE TRUST
- Academy trust
- PELE TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca McVittie
Location
- Address
- Middle Drive
- Postcode
- NE20 9DS
- Town
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- District
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, 459 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 3.7%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Ponteland Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
NE20 9EG · Northumberland
Ages 3–11
- KS260%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM7.5%
- Demand1.00
1.2 miles away
Richard Coates Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE20 9QB · Northumberland
Ages 3–11
- KS272%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM9.1%
- Demand0.95
1.3 miles away
Throckley Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE15 9DY · Newcastle upon Tyne
Ages 2–11
- Absence4.7%
- FSM45.4%
- Demand1.00
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca McVittie
- Telephone
- 01661823857