Grasmere Academy

Grasmere Academy is performing well overall, maintaining a 'Good' rating across all domains of education, behavior, personal development, leadership, management, and early years provision. The school fosters a welcoming environment where positive relationships between staff and pupils are evident. Staff are attentive to the individual needs of pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they receive the support needed for effective learning. Although attendance is improving, the school has seen a significant increase in pupils transferring from other institutions, leading to some gaps in learning as the curriculum is adapted to fit their needs.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• High expectations of behavior and positive pupil conduct.
• A well-structured phonics teaching scheme.
• Pupils express a love of reading and enjoy a wide choice of books.
• Positive initiatives such as the 'Grasmere Guardians' program.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in curriculum delivery for mixed-age classes.
• Some gaps in learning for pupils transferring from other schools.
• The RE curriculum lacks sufficient detail and ambition.

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 Grasmere Academy attended 91.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.7% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Grasmere Academy 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 Grasmere Academy had 9.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 19.8% of pupils at Grasmere Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 31.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 23 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 2024–25 Grasmere Academy received £15,087 and spent £13,880 for each of its 92 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £290,000 (£3,152 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Grasmere Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Grasmere Academy is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Grasmere Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Grasmere Academy was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Grasmere Academy have?

Grasmere Academy has 86 pupils on roll.

What age range does Grasmere Academy cover?

Grasmere Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Grasmere Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Grasmere Academy?

Grasmere Academy is at Grasmere Court, Killingworth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12 6TS.