West Walker Primary School | School performance

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

212

Pupils · 2024/25

14%

EAL · 2024/25

31%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

212

Pupils · 2024/25

14%

EAL · 2024/25

31%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

50%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

212

Pupils · 2024/25

14%

EAL · 2024/25

31%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 22/01/2020

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityNewcastle upon Tyne

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio19.3:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of West Walker Primary School · Primary · Newcastle upon Tyne

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18

RWM expected standard

50%

-17pp

67%46%24%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 50%

RWM higher standard

0pp

13%7%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 4%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

54%

Reading higher standard

12%

Writing expected standard

62%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

54%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

73%

SPAG expected standard

35%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

102.0

Maths scaled score

99.0

GPS scaled score

98.0

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

212

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.3

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

14%

FSM eligible

75%

SEN

22%

Overall absence

10%

Persistent absence

31%

Contact

Address

326 Church Street, Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 3XW

Local authority

Newcastle upon Tyne

Website

www.westwalker.neat.org.uk

Telephone

01912624130

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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	50%	4%	54%	12%	62%	4%	54%	4%	73%	35%	102.0	99.0	98.0	—	—	—	22%	212
2023/24	67%	4%	81%	15%	78%	15%	70%	19%	81%	78%	104.0	103.0	103.0	—	—	—	25%	206
2022/23	24%	0%	51%	2%	49%	2%	41%	2%	80%	41%	99.0	97.0	97.0	-2.80	-0.20	-3.50	22%	223
2018/19	62%	10%	66%	17%	72%	21%	72%	24%	76%	69%	103.0	105.0	104.0	+0.70	-0.50	+1.50	20%	238
2017/18	58%	13%	79%	38%	63%	17%	83%	50%	79%	71%	106.0	107.0	105.0	+3.90	-0.90	+5.20	—	247

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	212	19.8	22%	14%	75%	10%	31%
2023/24	206	17.9	25%	12%	81%	8%	29%
2022/23	223	20.0	22%	12%	74%	10%	39%
2021/22	225	15.9	24%	8%	76%	9%	39%
2020/21	244	18.7	24%	8%	63%	—	—
2018/19	238	16.7	20%	8%	68%	6%	21%
2017/18	—	20.1	—	—	—	7%	21%