Benton Park Primary School

Benton Park Primary School is a vibrant and inclusive school where pupils feel safe, valued and happy, and where behaviour is exemplary. Pupils achieve highly across a highly ambitious curriculum, with reading and phonics a particular strength. The school's support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is exemplary, including through its outdoor learning environment and specially resourced provision for pupils with hearing impairment. Leadership is strong, staff feel well supported, attendance is strong and improving, and governors provide very effective strategic leadership. The school was previously judged outstanding and was exempt from routine inspection until November 2020. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and under the current framework it has not been given an overall effectiveness grade. The quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management are outstanding, while personal development and early years provision are good. The main area for improvement is early years, where some adult interactions are not consistently purposeful or skilful enough to extend children's understanding. Apart from this, the report identifies no significant concerns; safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Strengths

• Reading and phonics are a major strength, with timely support and books matched to pupils' phonics knowledge
• A highly ambitious curriculum is delivered by teachers with strong subject knowledge
• Pupils learn exceptionally well and produce very strong work across the curriculum
• Behaviour in lessons and around the school is exemplary
• The school has a strongly inclusive ethos with exemplary support for pupils with SEND
• The deaf resource base and outdoor learning environment provide carefully tailored support
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of inclusive clubs and meaningful leadership roles
• Leadership is strong, with a clear vision and high-quality staff development
• Attendance is strong and improving because leaders monitor it rigorously
• Governors provide very strong strategic leadership and effective challenge and support
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Some early years staff interactions are not consistently effective at extending children's learning and understanding

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 Benton Park Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.3% 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 Benton Park 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 Benton Park Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.5% 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, 16.0% of pupils at Benton Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 Benton Park Primary School received £6,158 and spent £6,274 for each of its 445 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £183,000 (£411 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).

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

All schools in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne · Newcastle upon Tyne local authority: places and applications

What is Benton Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Benton Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Benton Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Benton Park Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Benton Park Primary School have?

Benton Park Primary School has 457 pupils on roll.

What age range does Benton Park Primary School cover?

Benton Park Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Benton Park Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Benton Park Primary School?

Benton Park Primary School is at Corchester Walk, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE7 7SS.