Simonside Primary School
Academy converter · Primary
Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE5 4LG · Newcastle upon Tyne
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 108454
Simonside Primary School
Foundation school · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE5 4LG
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
281
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed foundation school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, 281 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 69.5%.
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Overview
- School type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Closed
- URN
- 108454
Location
- Address
- Bedeburn Road, Westerhope
- Postcode
- NE5 4LG
- Town
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 19 Jan 2023.
- Pupils on roll
- 281
- Boys / girls
- 127 / 154
- School capacity
- 315
- Capacity fill
- 281 / 315 (89%)
- Free school meals
- 69.5%
- FSM pupils
- 178
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Louise Thompson
Official links
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 39%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0