Canning Street Primary SchoolWest Newcastle Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Summary of the comparison

Canning Street Primary School and West Newcastle Academy are primary schools in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

  • Canning Street Primary School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average) and West Newcastle Academy scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average). West Newcastle Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Canning Street Primary School was judged Good and West Newcastle Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 47.0% for Canning Street Primary School and 57.0% for West Newcastle Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Canning Street Primary School (50.0% in 2022-23, 47.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at West Newcastle Academy (36.0% in 2022-23, 57.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Canning Street Primary School versus West Newcastle Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Newcastle-upon-TyneCanning Street Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-TyneWest Newcastle AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC57/100C59/100Stronger figure
Local ranking34th of 72 in Newcastle upon Tyne 30th of 72 in Newcastle upon Tyne Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeFoundation school Free schools
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll453 181
Capacity480 196
LocationNewcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 8PA Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 8QP
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard47.0% 57.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard4.0% 7.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score99.0 107.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score100.0 102.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census462 200
Free school meals (ever 6)69.5% 50.8%
English as an additional language86.4% 36.0%
SEN support22.1% 20.5%
SEN with an EHC plan4.8% 2.0%
Attendance
Overall absence8.4% Stronger figure8.5% 6.2%
Persistent absence31.2% 28.7% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Canning Street Primary School

West Newcastle Academy

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