Hedworth Lane Primary School

Hedworth Lane Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its good status since the last inspection. The school promotes a positive and caring learning environment with high expectations for all students. Pupils are engaged and happy, adhering to the school's clear rules and benefitting from a broad and well-taught curriculum. They are well-prepared academically for their transition to secondary school, demonstrating effective application of skills in subjects like geography and mathematics. The school has a strong anti-bullying culture and effective safeguarding measures in place, ensuring a safe atmosphere for learning. Despite its strengths, the school faces challenges in the systematic checking of pupils' understanding during lessons. While the new curriculum for some subjects is being embedded effectively, it has not yet reached its intended impact. Additionally, teachers occasionally miss identifying misconceptions or disengagement among pupils. Addressing these areas will be crucial for maintaining the school’s quality of education and ensuring that all pupils reach their full potential.

Strengths

• High expectations of pupils' achievement
• Strong anti-bullying culture
• Well-prepared for secondary school
• Broad curriculum taught consistently well
• Effective phonics programme enhancing reading skills
• Positive and productive school atmosphere
• Strong relationships between adults and pupils
• Wide-ranging opportunities for personal development

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checks on pupils' understanding during lessons
• Early stages of embedding the new curriculum in some 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 Hedworth Lane Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.3% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Hedworth Lane 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 Hedworth Lane Primary School had 21.9 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, 21.7% of pupils at Hedworth Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 Hedworth Lane Primary School received £6,359 and spent £6,415 for each of its 290 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,000 (£5 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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What is Hedworth Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hedworth Lane Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Hedworth Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hedworth Lane Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Hedworth Lane Primary School have?

Hedworth Lane Primary School has 290 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hedworth Lane Primary School cover?

Hedworth Lane Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hedworth Lane Primary School?

Hedworth Lane Primary School is at Hedworth Lane, Boldon Colliery, Tyne and Wear, NE35 9JB.