Brighton Avenue Primary School | Primary in Gateshead | Ofsted & DfE

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

410

Pupils · 2024/25

42%

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

410

Pupils · 2024/25

42%

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

410

Pupils · 2024/25

42%

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 14/10/2014

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityGateshead

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio19.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Brighton Avenue Primary School · Primary · Gateshead

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

80%

-1pp

95%74%53%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 80%

RWM higher standard

+7pp

16%9%2%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 9%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

89%

Reading higher standard

41%

Writing expected standard

80%

Writing higher standard

11%

Maths expected standard

84%

Maths higher standard

39%

Science expected standard

84%

SPAG expected standard

89%

SPAG higher standard

59%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

106.0

GPS scaled score

110.0

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

410

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

42%

FSM eligible

40%

SEN

26%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

10%

Contact

Address

Brighton Road, Gateshead, NE8 1XS

Local authority

Gateshead

Website

www.brightonavenueprimaryschool.org/

Telephone

01914218080

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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	80%	9%	89%	41%	80%	11%	84%	39%	84%	89%	107.0	106.0	110.0	—	—	—	26%	410
2023/24	81%	2%	85%	60%	81%	4%	81%	43%	87%	83%	108.0	107.0	111.0	—	—	—	28%	362
2022/23	74%	14%	79%	44%	74%	16%	86%	35%	81%	77%	107.0	107.0	109.0	+1.60	+0.30	+1.90	25%	352
2018/19	95%	16%	95%	55%	95%	24%	95%	61%	97%	97%	110.0	109.0	114.0	+5.60	+2.10	+4.50	16%	331
2017/18	53%	7%	53%	13%	77%	17%	80%	17%	80%	83%	99.0	103.0	108.0	-0.80	+2.10	+3.60	20%	314
2016/17	75%	11%	82%	32%	86%	21%	79%	21%	89%	89%	106.0	105.0	108.0	+5.70	+5.40	+3.90	19%	304

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	410	22.2	26%	42%	40%	5%	10%
2023/24	362	20.9	28%	41%	40%	5%	14%
2022/23	352	19.8	25%	41%	41%	6%	20%
2021/22	320	20.3	21%	32%	42%	7%	21%
2020/21	324	18.5	18%	33%	45%	—	—
2018/19	331	19.0	16%	32%	50%	4%	10%
2017/18	314	20.2	20%	28%	53%	4%	10%
2016/17	304	17.2	19%	28%	58%	4%	9%