Ponteland Community Primary School

Ponteland Community Primary School, inspected for the first time as an academy, demonstrates a good quality of education with notable strengths in behavior and attitudes, rated as outstanding. The school creates a caring and inclusive environment, with strong relationships between pupils and staff. It has a broad, ambitious curriculum which prepares pupils well for secondary school, supported by high expectations for student achievement and effective support for those with special educational needs.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exceptional behavior and demonstrate kindness and respect.
• The school has established a broad and ambitious curriculum that builds knowledge progressively.
• Specialist subject teaching helps pupils learn effectively across various disciplines.
• Early years provision offers a purposeful learning environment, preparing children well for future education.
• Strong engagement with parents supports pupils' needs.
• Pupils enjoy a wide range of extracurricular activities that promote development.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not adapt their teaching enough to consolidate or extend pupils’ 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 Ponteland Community Primary School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.2% 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, 1.7% of pupils at Ponteland 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 Ponteland Community Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2023–24, 6.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 17.1%).

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, 9.1% of pupils at Ponteland Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 2024–25 Ponteland Community Primary School received £6,931 and spent £7,124 for each of its 274 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £318,000 (£1,161 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 Ponteland Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ponteland Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Ponteland Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ponteland Community Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Ponteland Community Primary School have?

Ponteland Community Primary School has 274 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ponteland Community Primary School cover?

Ponteland Community Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

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

Where is Ponteland Community Primary School?

Ponteland Community Primary School is at Callerton Lane, Ponteland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE20 9EY.