Kelvin Grove Community Primary School

Kelvin Grove Community Primary School is a warm, inclusive school where pupils feel valued, safe and included. Inspectors found the school performing well overall, with particularly strong provision in curriculum and teaching, inclusion, and personal development and wellbeing. Pupils benefit from a broad, ambitious curriculum, highly effective support for pupils with SEND, those who speak English as an additional language, and disadvantaged pupils, and an exemplary personal development programme that celebrates diversity and builds respect. Safeguarding standards are met.

Strengths

• Broad and ambitious curriculum that is continually reviewed and refined
• Teaching quality is closely monitored and improvements are targeted effectively
• Pupils regularly revisit learning to embed key concepts and knowledge
• Highly effective additional support helps pupils who need to catch up
• Ongoing professional learning gives staff very secure subject knowledge
• Inclusion is a major strength, with precise identification of needs and skilful use of funding
• Provision for pupils with SEND, EAL and disadvantaged pupils is purposeful and impactful
• Parental engagement is exemplary and helps more pupils benefit from school's nurturing offer
• Personal development programme is well-considered, tailored and celebrates the diverse community
• Pupils develop a strong understanding of equality, respect, tolerance and personal safety
• Extra-curricular clubs, visits and events enrich pupils' experience and remove barriers to participation
• Behaviour is highly respectful, and bullying or discrimination is rare
• Attendance has improved to national averages, and persistent absence for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND has halved
• Early years provision is high quality, with children making swift progress from their starting points
• Leaders craft a highly inclusive environment and prioritise staff workload and wellbeing
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open and positive culture

Areas for Improvement

• Published national test outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics remain below national averages, partly due to pupil mobility
• Improvements to the writing curriculum are not yet reflected in pupil outcomes across all year groups
• Overall absence and persistent absence remain above national averages, despite recent improvements
• Disadvantaged pupils' performance gaps in reading, writing and mathematics remain negative, though mathematics is improving
• The level of scrutiny and challenge provided by governors varies across aspects of the school's work
• Leaders need to ensure attendance improvements continue for all groups of pupils
• Governors should use high-quality performance information to provide more robust challenge to leaders across all areas

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Kelvin Grove Community Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.9% of pupils at Kelvin Grove Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Kelvin Grove Community Primary School had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.8% of pupils at Kelvin Grove Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Kelvin Grove Community Primary School received £9,002 and spent £9,375 for each of its 301 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £33,000 (-£109 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Kelvin Grove Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kelvin Grove Community Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Kelvin Grove Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kelvin Grove Community Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Kelvin Grove Community Primary School have?

Kelvin Grove Community Primary School has 309 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kelvin Grove Community Primary School cover?

Kelvin Grove Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Kelvin Grove Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kelvin Grove Community Primary School?

Kelvin Grove Community Primary School is at Kelvin Grove, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 4UN.