Western Community Primary School

Western Community Primary School has shown solid performance overall, achieving a good rating in its latest inspection after a lengthy gap since its last outstanding evaluation twelve years ago. The school thrives on promoting a curriculum that is adventurous and ambitious, ensuring pupils are well-prepared for their future. The pastoral support is commendable, fostering a safe and respectful environment where pupils are happy and engaged. While students exhibit exceptional behavior and the school demonstrates high academic ambitions, there are noted areas for improvement, particularly in reading outcomes for lower year groups and retention of prior learning in some subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit outstanding behavior and attitudes towards learning.
• The early years provision is exceptional, with a well-planned curriculum.
• Strong support for disadvantaged pupils leads to high levels of achievement.
• Pupils develop positive attitudes towards reading and reading attainment is high by key stage 2.
• The school incorporates a thorough and well-sequenced personal development curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Reading outcomes in key stage 1 are below national expectations.
• Some subjects lack consistent opportunities for pupils to revisit and embed prior learning.

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 Western Community Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.7% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Western Community 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 Western Community Primary School had 24.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.4% 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, 14.3% of pupils at Western Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Western Community Primary School received £7,089 and spent £7,282 for each of its 421 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,000 (£3 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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All schools in Wallsend · North Tyneside local authority: places and applications

Western Community Primary School is part of The North Tyneside Learning Trust, which runs 29 schools. The nearest others:

• Richardson Dees Primary School Wallsend
• Redesdale Primary School Wallsend
• Wallsend Jubilee Primary School Wallsend
• Burnside College Wallsend
• Beacon Hill School North Tyneside
• Balliol Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Forest Hall Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Ivy Road Primary School Newcastle Upon Tyne
• Benton Dene Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Longbenton High School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

What is Western Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Western Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Western Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Western Community Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Western Community Primary School have?

Western Community Primary School has 440 pupils on roll.

What age range does Western Community Primary School cover?

Western Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

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

Where is Western Community Primary School?

Western Community Primary School is at Rutland Road, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 8QL.