Primary
Westgate Hill Primary Academy
Beaconsfield Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 5JN
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 726 of 704 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.0
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 61.8
- Pupils per adult
- 12.4
- Pupils
- 764
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionExceptional
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
October 2021
Previous framework
Outstanding
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
SATs results
54%
12 points below the Newcastle upon Tyne average (66% across 93 schools)
103.0
2.7 below the Newcastle upon Tyne average (105.7 across 93 schools)
75th of 93 by our score, among the primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne we can score - 104 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 54% |
| Working at a higher standard | 4% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 51% |
| 23/24 | 54% |
| 24/25 | 54% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Beaconsfield Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 5JN
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Newcastle upon Tyne admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Nick Watson & Karl Ellerbrook
- Address
- Beaconsfield Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 5JN
- Telephone
- 01912562960