Barley Mow Primary School | School performance

57%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

166

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

57%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

166

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

57%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

166

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 07/02/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityGateshead

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio16.5:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Barley Mow Primary School · Primary · Gateshead

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

57%

-4pp

78%68%57%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 57%

RWM higher standard

+3pp

6%3%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 3%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

60%

Reading higher standard

17%

Writing expected standard

70%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

63%

Maths higher standard

10%

Science expected standard

70%

SPAG expected standard

63%

SPAG higher standard

23%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

101.0

GPS scaled score

103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

166

Pupil : teacher ratio

16.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

15%

FSM eligible

45%

SEN

21%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

22%

Contact

Address

Pembroke Avenue, Barley Mow, Chester le Street, DH3 2DJ

Local authority

Gateshead

Website

www.barleymowprimary.org/

Telephone

01914102758

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	57%	3%	60%	17%	70%	7%	63%	10%	70%	63%	103.0	101.0	103.0	—	—	—	21%	166
2023/24	61%	0%	61%	17%	67%	6%	67%	17%	72%	61%	101.0	102.0	103.0	—	—	—	20%	167
2022/23	61%	6%	67%	28%	72%	6%	83%	33%	72%	83%	105.0	106.0	107.0	+0.70	+0.40	+2.60	14%	170
2018/19	78%	0%	78%	6%	78%	22%	83%	28%	78%	78%	105.0	107.0	107.0	-0.40	+0.70	+0.90	9%	194
2017/18	66%	3%	83%	21%	86%	17%	69%	10%	72%	90%	106.0	102.0	106.0	+2.70	+1.30	-0.20	11%	192
2016/17	52%	0%	55%	3%	66%	0%	66%	3%	69%	66%	101.0	103.0	102.0	+2.70	+2.70	+4.90	12%	213

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	166	16.4	21%	15%	45%	7%	22%
2023/24	167	16.1	20%	13%	46%	7%	19%
2022/23	170	20.5	14%	11%	40%	7%	18%
2021/22	169	16.0	8%	5%	37%	6%	16%
2020/21	174	19.3	8%	3%	30%	—	—
2018/19	194	17.1	9%	6%	39%	4%	11%
2017/18	192	17.5	11%	4%	46%	4%	7%
2016/17	213	17.3	12%	3%	51%	4%	12%