Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School

Jarrow Cross C of E Primary School is a happy, caring school where pupils feel safe and adults know families well. Inspectors found effective provision across the curriculum, with pupils gaining good knowledge in many subjects, learning to read confidently and benefiting from a well-sequenced curriculum and strong personal development offer. Behaviour is good, relationships are warm and respectful, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school has notable strengths in early years, reading and phonics, and the wider experiences it gives pupils, including visits, sporting competitions and residential trips. Leaders are well supported by governors, parents have confidence in the school, and strong family relationships have helped improve attendance. Pupils with SEND achieve well in most subjects, although task matching in writing is not always precise enough. The main areas for improvement are writing and speaking and listening. The knowledge pupils need for successful writing, particularly handwriting and transcription, has not been clearly identified or sequenced, leaving some pupils with gaps. The recently introduced speaking and listening curriculum is not yet applied consistently across all classes, and early years adults do not always extend children’s conversations well. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, feel safe and know adults care for them.
• Staff know pupils and families very well and relationships are warm and respectful.
• Pupils behave well, classrooms are calm and purposeful, and bullying is rare and dealt with swiftly.
• The curriculum is sensibly sequenced and pupils gain good knowledge in many subjects.
• Reading and phonics are taught well, with tailored support helping pupils catch up.
• Pupils with SEND achieve well in most subjects with effective extra support.
• Early years provision is strong, with children settling quickly and thriving.
• Personal development provision is extensive and broadens pupils’ horizons.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Leaders support families well and strong relationships have helped improve attendance.
• Governors offer appropriate support and challenge and have a clear vision for the school.

Areas for Improvement

• The knowledge pupils need for successful writing is not clearly identified or sequenced.
• Some pupils, including pupils with SEND, have gaps in handwriting and spelling knowledge.
• Tasks in writing are not always well matched to the capabilities of pupils with SEND.
• Speaking and listening provision varies between classes and is not consistently effective.
• Some activities do not give pupils enough opportunity to practise speaking skills.
• Early years adults occasionally do not extend children’s conversations well.

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 Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.8% 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, 3.1% of pupils at Jarrow Cross CofE 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 Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.3% 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, 29.8% of pupils at Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% 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 Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School received £7,935 and spent £8,102 for each of its 262 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £20,000 (£78 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 Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School have?

Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School has 262 pupils on roll.

What age range does Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School cover?

Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School?

Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School is at Borough Road, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, NE32 5UW.