Collingwood Primary SchoolWhitehouse Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in North Shields.

Summary of the comparison

Collingwood Primary School and Whitehouse Primary School are primary schools in North Shields.

  • Collingwood Primary School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Whitehouse Primary School scores 31 out of 100 (grade F, weak). Collingwood Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Collingwood Primary School was judged Good and Whitehouse Primary School was judged Inadequate.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 61.0% for Collingwood Primary School and 29.0% for Whitehouse Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Collingwood Primary School (53.0% in 2022-23, 61.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Collingwood Primary School versus Whitehouse Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure North ShieldsCollingwood Primary SchoolNorth ShieldsWhitehouse Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100Stronger figureF31/100
Local ranking19th of 53 in North Tyneside Stronger figure52nd of 53 in North Tyneside
InspectionOfsted: GoodStronger figureOfsted: Inadequate
School typeCommunity school Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll332 159
Capacity410 210
LocationNorth Shields, NE29 7JQ North Shields, NE29 8PE
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard61.0% Stronger figure29.0% 62.0%
At higher standard4.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure100.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure100.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census332 159
Free school meals (ever 6)61.1% 63.1%
English as an additional language7.8% 5.0%
SEN support25.6% 21.4%
SEN with an EHC plan1.5% 8.8%
Attendance
Overall absence6.4% 5.2% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence14.8% 12.6% 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.

Collingwood Primary School

Whitehouse Primary School

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