Academy sponsor led · Primary
Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE5 3RN · Newcastle upon Tyne
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 140788
Thomas Walling Primary Academy
Academy converter · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE5 3PL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
412
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 2–11, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, 412 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 64.4%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 140788
Location
- Address
- Lindfield Avenue, Blakelaw
- Postcode
- NE5 3PL
- Town
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
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: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 412
- Boys / girls
- 207 / 205
- School capacity
- 488
- Capacity fill
- 412 / 488 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 64.4%
- FSM pupils
- 261
- 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
- Academy trust: THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Laidlaw Schools Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Rebecca Hann
- Telephone
- 01912860333
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2021-05-19
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
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)
- 76%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 10%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0