Broadwood Primary School

Broadwood Primary has made significant improvements since its last inspection, moving from requiring improvement to achieving a good rating in all areas assessed. The leadership has effectively fostered a welcoming and inclusive environment where strong relationships are prevalent. Pupils express enthusiasm about their learning experiences and the high expectations set for them, which has contributed to a calm and orderly school environment devoid of bullying. Recent curriculum enhancements are showing success, particularly in reading and mathematics.

Strengths

• Strong and trusting relationships between staff and pupils
• High expectations for behavior leading to a calm school environment
• Effective phonics program enhancing reading confidence and stamina
• Well-sequenced mathematics curriculum helping to consolidate learning
• New approaches to writing improving fiction writing quality
• Full involvement of pupils with SEND in school life
• Robust safeguarding arrangements ensuring pupil safety

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the quality of pupils' writing across different styles
• Lack of clarity in mapping core concepts in some subjects

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 Broadwood Primary School attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.2% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Broadwood 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 Broadwood Primary School had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.8% 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, 21.8% of pupils at Broadwood Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 3 pupils.

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 Broadwood Primary School received £8,113 and spent £8,291 for each of its 234 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £100,000 (£427 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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Broadwood Primary School is part of West End Schools Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Lemington Riverside Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Bridgewater Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Canning Street Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Wingrove Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• St Johns Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Moorside Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Hawthorn Primary School Newcastle Upon Tyne

What is Broadwood Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Broadwood Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was Broadwood Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Broadwood Primary School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Broadwood Primary School have?

Broadwood Primary School has 234 pupils on roll.

What age range does Broadwood Primary School cover?

Broadwood Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 39% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Broadwood Primary School?

Broadwood Primary School is at Broadwood Road, Denton Burn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE15 7TB.