Clover Hill Community Primary School

Clover Hill Community Primary School has been rated as 'Good' overall, continuing from its previous 'Outstanding' grade from 15 years ago. The school has displayed notable strengths, particularly in fostering a strong community spirit and ensuring exceptional behavior among students. Pupils are confident and happy, with leaders focused on their personal development and academic success. The curriculum is ambitious, effectively connecting classroom learning to real-life applications, especially in early years education and core subjects like reading and mathematics. Despite these strengths, there is a minor concern regarding the assessment processes in some foundation subjects, where improvements are needed to ensure that teachers can consistently check what pupils remember over time. Nevertheless, the school excels in its leadership and well-trained staff, who support pupils in achieving high expectations both academically and socially.

Strengths

• Strong community spirit fostering a sense of belonging among pupils.
• Outstanding behavior and attitudes among students.
• High expectations set by leaders for pupil achievement.
• Ambitious and relevant curriculum designed for real-life application.
• Exceptional early years provision that prepares children well for Year 1.
• Effective reading initiatives with daily reading sessions for all ages.
• Supportive and well-trained staff who help pupils to thrive.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment methods in some foundation subjects need further development.

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 Clover Hill Community Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Clover Hill 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 Clover Hill Community Primary School had 26.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.4% 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, 11.9% of pupils at Clover Hill Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.5% 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 Clover Hill Community Primary School received £6,001 and spent £5,647 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £267,000 (£1,273 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 Clover Hill Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Clover Hill Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Clover Hill Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Clover Hill Community Primary School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Clover Hill Community Primary School have?

Clover Hill Community Primary School has 210 pupils on roll.

What age range does Clover Hill Community Primary School cover?

Clover Hill Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Clover Hill Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Clover Hill Community Primary School?

Clover Hill Community Primary School is at Glenhurst Drive, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE16 5SJ.