Croft Community SchoolEslington Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Croft Community School and Eslington Primary School.

  • Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.

  • Croft Community School was judged the expected standard and Eslington Primary School was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 0.0% for Croft Community School and 6.0% for Eslington Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Croft Community School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Eslington Primary School (6.0% in 2022-23, 6.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Croft Community School versus Eslington Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure StanleyCroft Community SchoolGatesheadEslington Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our score Not scored Not scored
Local rankingNot rankedNot ranked
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeCommunity special school Community special school
Age range4-16 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll287 69
Capacity281 70
LocationStanley, DH9 8PR Gateshead, NE8 2EP
GCSE results
Attainment 82.1 Not reported46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths0.0% Not reported45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths0.0% Not reported64.8%
Entering EBacc0.0% Not reported40.5%
EBacc average point score0.09 Not reported4.09
Cohort16 Not reported
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard0.0% 6.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score101.0 Stronger figure95.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score96.0 Stronger figure91.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census287 69
Free school meals (ever 6)62.0% 78.3%
English as an additional language0.7% 4.3%
SEN support0.0% 1.4%
SEN with an EHC plan100.0% 98.5%
Attendance
Overall absence13.7% 5.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence36.5% 14.9% 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.

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.

Croft Community School

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