Westgate Hill Primary Academy | School performance

54%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

801

Pupils · 2024/25

87%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

54%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

801

Pupils · 2024/25

87%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

54%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

801

Pupils · 2024/25

87%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 19/10/2021

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityNewcastle upon Tyne

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio18.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Westgate Hill Primary Academy · Primary · Newcastle upon Tyne

Part ofTHE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

54%

0pp

54%44%34%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 54%

RWM higher standard

-4pp

8%5%2%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 4%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

68%

Reading higher standard

26%

Writing expected standard

71%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

67%

Maths higher standard

29%

Science expected standard

73%

SPAG expected standard

62%

SPAG higher standard

22%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

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

801

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

87%

FSM eligible

44%

SEN

17%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

16%

Contact

Address

Beaconsfield Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 5JN

Local authority

Newcastle upon Tyne

Website

westgatehill.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk

Telephone

01912562960

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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	54%	4%	68%	26%	71%	6%	67%	29%	73%	62%	103.0	104.0	103.0	—	—	—	17%	801
2023/24	54%	8%	63%	18%	70%	14%	66%	22%	73%	60%	102.0	103.0	102.0	—	—	—	12%	791
2022/23	51%	2%	57%	8%	68%	12%	71%	13%	79%	51%	101.0	103.0	100.0	+1.30	+5.00	+4.90	14%	781
2018/19	51%	6%	55%	18%	61%	14%	69%	25%	69%	51%	100.0	103.0	101.0	+2.30	+1.70	+4.40	13%	732
2017/18	34%	5%	48%	14%	54%	20%	63%	13%	75%	59%	100.0	101.0	102.0	+1.30	+3.20	+1.20	—	727
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	801	21.0	17%	87%	44%	5%	16%
2023/24	791	21.0	12%	83%	43%	6%	19%
2022/23	781	19.3	14%	82%	45%	7%	22%
2021/22	690	19.1	12%	86%	48%	6%	20%
2020/21	708	20.8	11%	87%	46%	—	—
2018/19	732	21.7	13%	88%	35%	4%	12%
2017/18	—	22.0	—	—	—	5%	15%