Lingey House Primary School
Lingey House Primary School is a community school in Gateshead for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 450 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Lingey House Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024. In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
Ofsted inspection: March 2024. KS2 results: 2025.
| Type | Primary / Community school |
| Age Range | 3-11 |
| Religion | Does not apply |
| Address | Millford Leam Lane Estate Felling Gateshead Tyne and Wear NE10 8DN |
| Phone | 01914381287 |
| Reference Number | 108360 |
General Makeup
| Number of pupils | 450 |
| Boy/Girl ratio |
Boys: 48.67%
Girls: 51.33% |
| Percentage of students eligible for free school meals | 30.5% |
| Percentage of students where English is not their first language | 7.3% |
Class Sizes
| Average size of one teacher classes | 28.4 |
| Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 27.3 |
| Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 29.1 |
Year Groups
| Year | Boys | Girls | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 25 | 45 |
| 2 | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| 3 | 26 | 30 | 56 |
| 4 | 34 | 26 | 60 |
| 5 | 26 | 31 | 57 |
| 6 | 28 | 32 | 60 |
Ethnicities
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| White, British | 88.9% |
| White, Other | 1.8% |
| White & Black (African) | 1.6% |
| Chinese | 0.9% |
| White & Asian | 0.9% |
| Indian | 0.9% |
| Asian, Other | 0.9% |
| Mixed, Other | 0.7% |
| African | 0.4% |
| White & Black (Caribbean) | 0.2% |
| Unclassified | 0.2% |
Lingey House Primary School demonstrates a strong performance overall, reflecting its commitment to high educational standards and a nurturing environment. The school has maintained high expectations for all pupils, which has fostered exemplary behavior and positive attitudes towards learning. Noteworthy strengths include strong relationships between staff and students and an impressive range of extracurricular activities that enhance personal development. The school successfully supports pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), ensuring an inclusive environment where all children can thrive. However, the school faces challenges in fully embedding its writing curriculum, which has resulted in limited opportunities for pupils to write at length and develop their composition skills. Although the school’s curriculum is ambitious and well-planned, it will need to focus on addressing these writing deficits to ensure that pupils achieve their full potential in this area.
| Overall Ofsted Rating | Good |
| > Quality of education | Good |
| > Behaviour & Attitude | Outstanding |
| > Personal Development | Outstanding |
| > Leadership & Management | Good |
| > Early Years Provision | Good |
| Last Report Date | 13 Feb 2024 |
| Date | Report |
|---|---|
| 13 Feb 2024 | School inspection: |
| 19 May 2009 | Full inspection: |
| 03 Oct 2005 | Full inspection: |
| 06 Mar 2000 | Full inspection |
Strengths
- Highly inclusive environment for all students
- Exceptional behavior and attitudes among pupils
- Strong relationships between staff and pupils
- Ambitious and well-planned curriculum
- Effective support for pupils with SEND
- Impressive range of extracurricular activities
- Fostering of leadership opportunities for students
Areas for Improvement
- Writing curriculum not fully embedded
- Limited opportunities for pupils to write at length
How many students meet the standards
| Reading, Writing & Maths | School Score | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 47% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Pupils meeting a higher standard | 5% | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
Average Scaled Score
Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.
| Subject | School | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 103 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Maths | 102 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
Progress Scores
A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.
| Metric | School Score | Percentile (local) | Percentile (nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 3.3 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Writing | -0.7 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
| Maths | 1.2 | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment | Locked: unlock for £9.99, one-off payment |
How many students meet the standards
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| Number of Applications | Number of Offers | |
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| Second Preference | 42 | 0 |
| Third Preference | 14 | 0 |
| From another Local Authority | 1 | 0 |
Previous years
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In 2024–25 Lingey House Primary School had 393 pupils for 420 places. 27 places (6.4%) were unfilled.
Pupils and places
Reception intake in the “East HG 4 Primary” planning area
Gateshead counted 384 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 346 in 2029–30, down 10%.
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Places | 294 | 294 | 294 | 294 | 354 | 354 | 360 | 360 | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 | 420 |
| Pupils | 289 | 300 | 308 | 312 | 333 | 361 | 385 | 397 | 398 | 398 | 392 | 401 | 397 | 411 | 393 |
| Unfilled | 1.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 6.7% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 2.1% | 6.4% |
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 Lingey House Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).
Sessions missed
Pupils persistently absent
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authorised absence | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 5.6% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 5.1% |
| Unauthorised absence | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| Severely absent pupils | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.4% |
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, 1.1% of pupils at Lingey House Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.
Pupils suspended at least once
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Permanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 Lingey House Primary School had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).
Pupils per teacher
Teachers who left the school within a year
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils per adult | 13.4 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 10.9 |
| Teachers who left state teaching | 1.2% | 0.0% | 15.3% | 5.6% | 9.9% | 0.0% | 12.8% | 9.2% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.6% | 8.8% | 4.5% | 8.6% | 9.4% | – |
| Teachers who took any sick leave | 50.0% | 27.8% | 55.6% | 45.0% | 38.1% | 41.7% | 40.0% | 52.2% | 50.0% | – | 26.1% | 73.1% | 80.0% | 66.7% | 73.9% | – |
| Sick days per teacher | 2.2 | 0.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 3.1 | – | 0.7 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 12.5 | – |
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, 24.2% of pupils at Lingey House Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).
Pupils by main type of need
| SEN support | EHC plan | |
|---|---|---|
| Speech, language and communication needs | 35 | 9 |
| Social, emotional and mental health | 21 | 0 |
| Autistic spectrum disorder | 8 | 10 |
| No specialist assessment of need | 17 | 0 |
| Moderate learning difficulty | 14 | 1 |
| Other difficulty or disability | 9 | 0 |
| Specific learning difficulty | 4 | 0 |
| Physical disability | 1 | 0 |
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 Lingey House Primary School received £7,028 and spent £6,937 for each of its 438 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £11,000 (£24 per pupil).
Income per pupil
Spending per pupil
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue reserve | £200,000 | £222,000 | £386,000 | £455,000 | £430,000 | £200,000 | -£29,000 | £11,000 |
| per pupil | £448 | £493 | £895 | £1,045 | £967 | £462 | -£67 | £24 |
| In-year balance | £100,000 | £22,000 | £164,000 | £69,000 | -£24,000 | -£231,000 | -£229,000 | £40,000 |
| per pupil | £223 | £48 | £380 | £159 | -£55 | -£534 | -£524 | £91 |
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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Roman Road Primary School
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Hill Top School
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1.25 miles |
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2.77 miles |
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What is Lingey House Primary School's Ofsted rating?
The latest Ofsted rating for Lingey House Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.
When was Lingey House Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?
Lingey House Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.
How many pupils does Lingey House Primary School have?
Lingey House Primary School has 450 pupils on roll.
What age range does Lingey House Primary School cover?
Lingey House Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.
What are Lingey House Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?
In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
Where is Lingey House Primary School?
Lingey House Primary School is at Millford, Leam Lane Estate, Felling, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE10 8DN.
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