Glynwood Community Primary School

Glynwood Community Primary School is performing well overall. Inspectors found good provision across the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years. Pupils are happy, feel safe and behave well, and they benefit from an ambitious, well-designed curriculum. The school is inclusive and supports pupils with SEND, including those with complex needs, to access the curriculum and wider opportunities. Early reading is a particular strength, with a systematic approach and targeted support helping most pupils become confident, fluent readers. Safeguarding is effective, staff feel well supported, and governors understand the school’s strengths and development areas. There are nevertheless important areas for improvement. The mathematics curriculum has been revised but is not yet sufficiently embedded, and provisional key stage 2 outcomes in 2024 do not reflect the quality of education; leaders need to continue improving mathematics so all pupils achieve well. Persistent absence remains high for some pupils despite the school’s tracking and swift responses. In addition, pupils do not develop sufficient depth of knowledge about different faiths and religions and cannot recall or discuss this knowledge readily. This inspection was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since June 2013, when it was judged outstanding and subsequently exempt from routine inspection.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, feel safe and behave well.
• Ambitious and well-designed curriculum across subjects and early years.
• Strong systematic early reading provision with quick identification and targeted support.
• Inclusive support for pupils with SEND, including those with complex needs.
• Comprehensive personal development with responsibilities, clubs and trips.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements.
• Staff feel well supported and governors are effective.
• Pupils are respectful and understanding of each other’s needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Mathematics curriculum is not yet sufficiently embedded, so pupils do not achieve as well as they could.
• Persistent absence remains high for some pupils despite the school’s actions.
• Pupils do not gain sufficient depth of knowledge or recall about different faiths and religions.
• Provisional key stage 2 outcomes in 2024 do not reflect the quality of education.

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 Glynwood Community Primary School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.7% 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 Glynwood 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 Glynwood Community Primary School had 21.6 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, 17.0% of pupils at Glynwood Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% 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 Glynwood Community Primary School received £6,762 and spent £7,017 for each of its 408 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £36,000 (-£88 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 Glynwood Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Glynwood Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Glynwood Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Glynwood Community Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Glynwood Community Primary School have?

Glynwood Community Primary School has 423 pupils on roll.

What age range does Glynwood Community Primary School cover?

Glynwood Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Glynwood Community Primary School?

Glynwood Community Primary School is at Glynwood Gardens, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE9 5SY.