Simonside Primary School

Simonside Primary has been recognized as a good school, demonstrating a strong commitment to providing a warm and nurturing environment for its pupils. The school prides itself on fostering a sense of community and belonging, with pupils displaying positive attitudes towards learning and behaviour. The leadership team has worked collaboratively with students to set clear expectations, resulting in improvements in early educational outcomes. However, there are ongoing challenges, particularly in ensuring that all pupils transition effectively to secondary education, which has been impacted by staffing disruptions and pandemic-related issues.

Strengths

• Pupils show good manners and consideration for others.
• The school fosters a strong sense of community and happiness.
• Leaders have raised expectations for pupils' achievements.
• The curriculum is logical and ordered, ensuring coherent learning.
• Effective teaching of phonics supports confident reading skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent monitoring of curriculum implementation in some subjects.
• Staff gaps in knowledge and training need to be addressed.
• Pupil outcomes at the end of Year 6 do not reflect curriculum quality.

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 Simonside Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.7% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Simonside Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Simonside Primary School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.6% 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, 17.8% of pupils at Simonside Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 Simonside Primary School received £8,097 and spent £9,028 for each of its 219 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £80,000 (-£367 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 Simonside Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Simonside Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Simonside Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Simonside Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Simonside Primary School have?

Simonside Primary School has 219 pupils on roll.

What age range does Simonside Primary School cover?

Simonside Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 37% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Simonside Primary School?

Simonside Primary School is at Glasgow Road, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, NE32 4AU.