Springwell Village Primary School

Springwell Village Primary School has been rated as 'Good' in all areas apart from early years provision, which requires improvement. The school fosters a positive atmosphere where pupils feel safe, happy, and eager to learn. Strong relationships between staff and pupils, coupled with effective behaviour management, contribute to a respectful and tolerant school environment. While the curriculum has been enhanced in subjects like history, art, and computing, the early years provision needs to be restructured to provide better support for younger children, ensuring they develop the necessary skills for future academic success.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes to learning.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Effective behaviour management creates a calm environment.
• Well-designed curriculum in subjects like history and computing.
• Support for pupils with special educational needs is effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years curriculum is not effectively designed.
• High staff turnover has hindered curriculum implementation.
• Staff are unclear on content delivery for early years provision.

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 Springwell Village Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.0% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Springwell Village 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 Springwell Village Primary School had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.5% 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, 21.3% of pupils at Springwell Village Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% 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 2024–25 Springwell Village Primary School received £6,022 and spent £6,329 for each of its 203 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £571,000 (£2,815 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Oak Learning Trust, income was £8,181 and spending £6,954 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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All schools in Gateshead · Sunderland local authority: places and applications

Springwell Village Primary School is part of Oak Learning Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• George Washington Primary School Washington
• John F Kennedy Primary School Washington
• Columbia Grange School Washington
• Fellgate Primary School Jarrow
• Riverside Primary Academy Gateshead
• Monkton Academy South Shields

What is Springwell Village Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Springwell Village Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Springwell Village Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Springwell Village Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Springwell Village Primary School have?

Springwell Village Primary School has 207 pupils on roll.

What age range does Springwell Village Primary School cover?

Springwell Village Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Springwell Village Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Springwell Village Primary School?

Springwell Village Primary School is at Westfield Crescent, Springwell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE9 7RX.