Caedmon Community Primary School

Caedmon Community Primary School is performing well overall, receiving a good rating across all inspection areas. The school provides an inclusive environment where pupils feel happy and safe, bolstered by strong staff-pupil relationships and a focus on respect and responsibility. Leadership demonstrates high expectations for academic achievement and personal development, ensuring that pupils are well-supported and encouraged in their learning journeys. Despite these strengths, there are areas for improvement in aligning the early years curriculum with the whole-school approach, particularly in science, which affects some pupils' readiness for Year 1.

Strengths

• Pupils thrive in a wonderfully inclusive environment.
• Strong relationships are cultivated between staff and pupils.
• High expectations and ambitions are set for all pupils.
• Reading is prioritized with extensive resources and support.
• Effective early identification and support for pupils with SEND.
• Pupils exhibit good behaviour and a strong sense of responsibility.

Areas for Improvement

• The early years curriculum does not fully align with the whole-school curriculum.
• Pupils' writing in subjects other than English is variable and does not meet expectations.

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 Caedmon Community Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Caedmon 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 Caedmon Community Primary School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.2% 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, 15.2% of pupils at Caedmon Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.9% 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 Caedmon Community Primary School received £8,229 and spent £8,458 for each of its 221 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £119,000 (£538 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 Caedmon Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Caedmon Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Caedmon Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Caedmon Community Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Caedmon Community Primary School have?

Caedmon Community Primary School has 231 pupils on roll.

What age range does Caedmon Community Primary School cover?

Caedmon Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Caedmon Community Primary School?

Caedmon Community Primary School is at Whitehall Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 4LH.