Greenfields Community Primary School

Greenfields Community Primary School continues to be recognized as a good school, fostering a happy and caring environment. Leaders demonstrate a strong commitment to providing all pupils with an excellent educational start, notably through engaging early years experiences. Pupils display a positive attitude towards learning, feel safe, and receive effective support in their educational journey. The school's curriculum, particularly in reading and mathematics, is well-structured, ensuring that children are equipped with essential skills. However, some areas need further enhancement, particularly in linking phonics knowledge to spelling and setting clear, detailed targets for pupils with SEND.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with a commitment to high educational standards.
• Positive school values that resonate with pupils.
• Effective early years education with imaginative outdoor learning spaces.
• High expectations for pupil learning and behavior.
• Positive attitudes towards mathematics and effective teaching strategies.
• Well-mapped curriculum with regular staff discussions on pupil progress.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent linking of phonics knowledge to spelling.
• Need for clearer and more specific targets for pupils with SEND.

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 Greenfields Community Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Greenfields Community 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 Greenfields Community Primary School had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.2% 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, 15.4% of pupils at Greenfields Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.0% 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 Greenfields Community Primary School received £9,536 and spent £9,416 for each of its 215 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £64,000 (£299 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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Greenfields Community Primary School is part of The North Tyneside Learning Trust, which runs 29 schools. The nearest others:

• Hazlewood Community Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Burradon Community Primary School Cramlington
• Amberley Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Benton Dene School Newcastle Upon Tyne
• Benton Dene Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Longbenton High 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

What is Greenfields Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greenfields Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Greenfields Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Greenfields Community Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Greenfields Community Primary School have?

Greenfields Community Primary School has 221 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greenfields Community Primary School cover?

Greenfields Community Primary School for pupils aged 1 to 11.

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

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greenfields Community Primary School?

Greenfields Community Primary School is at Taylor Avenue, Wideopen, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE13 6NB.