Academy converter · Primary
Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE2 1PS · Newcastle upon Tyne
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 131203
West Jesmond Primary School
Foundation school · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE2 3AJ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
605
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo 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 4–11, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, 605 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 14.5%.
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Overview
- School type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 131203
Location
- Address
- Tankerville Terrace, Jesmond
- Postcode
- NE2 3AJ
- Town
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North
- 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
- 605
- Boys / girls
- 332 / 273
- School capacity
- 630
- Capacity fill
- 605 / 630 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 14.5%
- FSM pupils
- 88
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Matt Ward
- Telephone
- 01912810000
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
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-05-07
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- 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)
- 83%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 28%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 112.0