Harlow Green Community Primary School

Harlow Green Community Primary School is performing well overall, with an overall effectiveness rating of 'Good'. The school provides a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and are enthusiastic about their learning. Leaders are ambitious for student success and effectively support all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Despite some gaps in mathematical knowledge due to pandemic-related disruptions, targeted support is helping pupils catch up and solidify their understanding of the curriculum. This inspection marks the first routine check since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the feedback has been adjusted accordingly.

Strengths

• Pupils are warmly welcomed and quickly settle into routines.
• Staff know pupils well and address concerns efficiently, with bullying being rare.
• Leaders and staff are ambitious for all pupils and provide effective support.
• Strong subject knowledge among staff is effectively used to overcome learning barriers.
• Clear plans for each subject help teachers cover necessary content and check understanding.
• Reading is prioritized, and most pupils become fluent readers by the end of key stage 1.
• The curriculum offers numerous opportunities for pupils to explore different cultures.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils in Years 3 and 4 have gaps in their mathematical knowledge.
• More opportunities are needed for pupils to solve problems in mathematics.

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 Harlow Green Community Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.0% 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 Harlow Green 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 Harlow Green Community Primary School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.7% 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, 12.0% of pupils at Harlow Green Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 Harlow Green Community Primary School received £8,170 and spent £8,426 for each of its 365 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £327,000 (£895 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 Harlow Green Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Harlow Green Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Harlow Green Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Harlow Green Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Harlow Green Community Primary School have?

Harlow Green Community Primary School has 375 pupils on roll.

What age range does Harlow Green Community Primary School cover?

Harlow Green Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Harlow Green Community Primary School?

Harlow Green Community Primary School is at Harlow Green Lane, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE9 7TB.