Spring Gardens Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 314 pupils North Shields
Ofsted: Requires Improvement
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Spring Gardens Primary School is an academy converter in North Shields for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 314 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Spring Gardens Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in December 2021 of its predecessor, Spring Gardens Primary School. In 2025, 41% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: March 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Brightman Road
North Shields
Tyne and Wear
NE29 0HP
Phone 01913009750
Reference Number 150331

General Makeup

Number of pupils 314
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 45.86%
Girls: 54.14%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 38.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23.8
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 22.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 25 18 43
2 14 25 39
3 24 29 53
4 17 21 38
5 21 19 40
6 9 19 28

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 87.3%
Mixed, Other 2.9%
White, Other 2.2%
Asian, Other 1.9%
African 1%
Indian 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
White & Asian 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Spring Gardens Primary School, inspected in December 2021.

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Mar 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 41%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103
Maths 103
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 12 1
Third Preference 19 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Spring Gardens Primary School had 297 pupils for 413 places. 116 places (28.1%) were unfilled. The local authority plans to remove 30 places by 2027–28.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “South East Primary” planning area

North Tyneside counted 529 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 505 in 2029–30, down 5%.

20242025
Places 413413
Pupils 316297
Unfilled 23.5%28.1%

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 Spring Gardens Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 4.2%
Unauthorised absence 2.3%
Severely absent pupils 2.1%

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, 0.9% of pupils at Spring Gardens Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.9
Permanent exclusions 1

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 Spring Gardens Primary School had 18.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 10.211.6
Teachers who left state teaching 5.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 35.0%–
Sick days per teacher 1.0–

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, 25.8% of pupils at Spring Gardens Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 35 3
Social, emotional and mental health 15 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 8 3
Specific learning difficulty 9 0
No specialist assessment of need 7 0
Moderate learning difficulty 2 1
Physical disability 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Multi-sensory impairment 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Spring Gardens Primary School received £7,388 and spent £7,145 for each of its 325 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £205,000 (£633 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Centurion Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,148 and spending £6,850 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £205,000
per pupil £633
In-year balance £79,000
per pupil £243

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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Spring Gardens Primary School is part of Centurion Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

What is Spring Gardens Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Spring Gardens Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in December 2021 of its predecessor, Spring Gardens Primary School.

When was Spring Gardens Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Spring Gardens Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Spring Gardens Primary School have?

Spring Gardens Primary School has 314 pupils on roll.

What age range does Spring Gardens Primary School cover?

Spring Gardens Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Spring Gardens Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 41% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Spring Gardens Primary School?

Spring Gardens Primary School is at Brightman Road, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 0HP.

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