Benton Park Primary School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
B77
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7SS
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Cragside Primary School
Cragside, High Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7EL
Local ranking11th of 72 primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 18 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 83.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 12.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 95.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 95.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 58
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 407
- Boys
- 207 (51%)
- Girls
- 200 (49%)
- Capacity
- 420 (97% full)
- SEND
- 14.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.9%
- EAL
- 12.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 13.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,037/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 68.7%
- Asian Other: 7.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 5.4%
- Mixed Other: 4.2%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 2.5%
- Other: 2.5%
- Asian Indian: 2.0%
68.7%
White British
7.4%
Asian Other
5.4%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cragside
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 108465
- UKPRN
- 10069387
- Establishment No.
- 2170
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