Benton Dene Primary School

Benton Dene Primary School continues to outperform expectations, maintaining its outstanding status since the last inspection. The school provides a nurturing environment where every student is respected and encouraged, leading to exceptional academic achievements from early years through Year 6. Parents express high levels of satisfaction with the school's support for their children, underscoring the success of the school's pastoral care and consistent learning approach. The curriculum is engaging and well-organized, allowing pupils to connect prior learning with more complex concepts, and all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), receive tailored support to excel.

Strengths

• Exceptional quality of education across all subjects.
• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes of pupils.
• Highly effective teaching strategies benefiting all students.
• Strong emphasis on reading and literacy development.
• Safe and nurturing environment fostering high attendance.
• Excellent leadership providing support and expertise to other schools.

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 Dene Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.9% 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 Dene 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 Dene Primary School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.6% 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, 23.0% of pupils at Benton Dene Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 13 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 Benton Dene Primary School received £6,706 and spent £6,525 for each of its 458 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £125,000 (£272 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 · North Tyneside local authority: places and applications

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

• Longbenton High School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Benton Dene School Newcastle Upon Tyne
• Balliol Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Ivy Road Primary School Newcastle Upon Tyne
• Forest Hall Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Redesdale Primary School Wallsend
• Amberley Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Wallsend Jubilee Primary School Wallsend
• Beacon Hill School North Tyneside
• Burradon Community Primary School Cramlington

What is Benton Dene Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Benton Dene Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Benton Dene Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Benton Dene Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Benton Dene Primary School have?

Benton Dene Primary School has 466 pupils on roll.

What age range does Benton Dene Primary School cover?

Benton Dene Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Benton Dene 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 Dene Primary School?

Benton Dene Primary School is at Hailsham Avenue, Longbenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12 8FD.