Redesdale Primary School

Redesdale Primary School has maintained its status as a good school following its recent inspection. Pupils demonstrate respect and care for one another, driven by high expectations from teachers who inspire them to achieve their best. The school effectively addresses safeguarding, ensuring that pupils feel safe and supported. However, some areas of the curriculum require further refinement to enhance clarity and ensure that essential knowledge is effectively conveyed and retained by students.

Strengths

• Pupils display care and respect for each other and their teachers.
• Teachers are skilled at recapping previously taught material to aid long-term retention.
• Strong leadership fosters teamwork and continuous improvement within the school.
• The curriculum is broad and exciting, enabling progressive knowledge building.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND ensures inclusivity in learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Some foundation subjects lack clear identification of essential knowledge.
• Teachers are not consistently able to assess pupils' learning in certain 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 Redesdale Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.8% 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 Redesdale 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 Redesdale Primary School had 19.3 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, 11.7% of pupils at Redesdale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% 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 Redesdale Primary School received £6,403 and spent £6,541 for each of its 303 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £205,000 (£678 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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All schools in Wallsend · North Tyneside local authority: places and applications

Redesdale Primary School is part of The North Tyneside Learning Trust, which runs 29 schools. The nearest others:

• Wallsend Jubilee Primary School Wallsend
• Beacon Hill School North Tyneside
• Western Community Primary School Wallsend
• Forest Hall Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Ivy Road Primary School Newcastle Upon Tyne
• Richardson Dees Primary School Wallsend
• Balliol Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Burnside College Wallsend
• Benton Dene Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Longbenton High School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

What is Redesdale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Redesdale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Redesdale Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Redesdale Primary School have?

Redesdale Primary School has 324 pupils on roll.

What age range does Redesdale Primary School cover?

Redesdale Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Redesdale Primary School?

Redesdale Primary School is at Wiltshire Drive, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 8TS.