Hedworthfield Primary School

Hedworthfield Primary School is a welcoming and friendly establishment, displaying good overall performance across various domains including education quality, behavior, personal development, and leadership. The school has a particularly strong early years provision and instills high expectations in both staff and students, fostering a positive environment where pupils feel safe and valued. With unique initiatives like the school farm and history-related trips, students are engaged and their aspirations are raised through hands-on learning experiences. However, challenges remain in ensuring all students develop fluency in reading and foster a love for reading outside the classroom. There are inconsistencies in how curriculum content is taught across subjects, which impacts some students’ retention of knowledge. Leaders are aware of these issues and are working to address them effectively, with particular attention to adapting teaching strategies to engage all pupils more positively.

Strengths

• Strong leadership and management of SEND.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• High expectations for behavior and safety.
• Ambitious curriculum that utilizes local resources effectively.
• Outstanding early years provision.
• Engaging practical approaches in mathematics, art, and physical education.
• Effective communication and emotional support for pupils.
• Strong extracurricular offerings and enrichment activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in teaching strategies that hinder learning retention.
• Some strategies for developing reading fluency are not aligned with phonics instruction.
• Limited student engagement with reading for pleasure.

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 Hedworthfield Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.1% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Hedworthfield 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 Hedworthfield Primary School had 15.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.7% 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, 28.8% of pupils at Hedworthfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 17 pupils.

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 Hedworthfield Primary School received £11,118 and spent £10,812 for each of its 220 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £142,000 (£645 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 Hedworthfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hedworthfield Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Hedworthfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hedworthfield Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Hedworthfield Primary School have?

Hedworthfield Primary School has 208 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hedworthfield Primary School cover?

Hedworthfield Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hedworthfield Primary School?

Hedworthfield Primary School is at Linkway, Hedworth Estate, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, NE32 4QF.