Hazlewood Community Primary School

Hazlewood Community Primary School continues to provide a good education for its pupils. The school fosters a positive environment where students feel safe, valued, and enjoy their learning experiences. With strong leadership and a dedicated staff, the school is effectively supporting pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The curriculum is ambitious and promotes a broad range of experiences; however, there are areas where the implementation of this curriculum could be improved, especially with regard to some teachers’ subject knowledge.

Strengths

• Pupils are confident, friendly, and well-mannered.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Successful adaptation of learning for pupils with SEND.
• Broad curriculum that includes educational visits and extracurricular activities.
• Strong emphasis on supporting pupils' well-being and safety.
• Effective teaching of reading through a structured phonics programme.

Areas for Improvement

• Gaps in some teachers' subject knowledge affecting curriculum implementation.
• Assessment practices in foundation subjects need improvement.
• Governors overly reliant on leaders' evaluations.

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 Hazlewood Community Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.2% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Hazlewood 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 Hazlewood Community Primary School had 20.0 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, 11.1% of pupils at Hazlewood Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 Hazlewood Community Primary School received £6,616 and spent £6,648 for each of its 282 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £25,000 (£88 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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Hazlewood Community Primary School is part of The North Tyneside Learning Trust, which runs 29 schools. The nearest others:

• Greenfields 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 Hazlewood Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hazlewood Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Hazlewood Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hazlewood Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Hazlewood Community Primary School have?

Hazlewood Community Primary School has 287 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hazlewood Community Primary School cover?

Hazlewood Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hazlewood Community Primary School?

Hazlewood Community Primary School is at Canterbury Way, Wideopen, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE13 6JJ.