Ivy Road Primary School

Ivy Road Primary School is currently judged as inadequate overall, with significant shortcomings in several key areas, particularly in the quality of education, leadership, and early years provision. The school's expectations for pupil achievement are not high enough, leading to gaps in learning that are not addressed effectively. While some positive improvements have been made, particularly in the phonics program, the overall pace of change has been too slow, and the reliance on external support highlights a lack of internal capacity for improvement. The school’s previous inspection grade was good, making this decline notable and concerning.

Strengths

• Leaders have focused on improving pupils' behaviour.
• Many pupils are polite, considerate, and demonstrate happiness.
• Pupils engage in various clubs and activities.
• The quality of phonics teaching has improved.
• Children in early years show inquisitiveness and eagerness to learn.

Areas for Improvement

• The standard of education provided is not acceptable.
• There are gaps in pupils' learning not addressed quickly enough.
• Some pupils exhibit disruptive behaviour that interrupts learning.
• Too many pupils are persistently absent.
• Pupil premium funding is not used effectively for disadvantaged pupils.
• The early years curriculum is not well planned to meet children's needs.

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 Ivy Road Primary School attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.6% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Ivy Road 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 Ivy Road Primary School had 12.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.5% 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, 18.3% of pupils at Ivy Road 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 Ivy Road Primary School received £11,585 and spent £12,417 for each of its 108 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £245,000 (-£2,272 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).

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All schools in Newcastle Upon Tyne · North Tyneside local authority: places and applications

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

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

What is Ivy Road Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ivy Road Primary School is Inadequate, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Ivy Road Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ivy Road Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Ivy Road Primary School have?

Ivy Road Primary School has 115 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ivy Road Primary School cover?

Ivy Road Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ivy Road Primary School?

Ivy Road Primary School is at Ivy Road Primary School, Ivy Road, Forest Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12 9AP.