Larkspur Community Primary School
Beacon Lough East, Gateshead, NE9 6SS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Katy Anglesea
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 203
- Pupils on roll
- 154
- URN
- 108330
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01914875628
About this school
Larkspur Community Primary School is a community primary school in Gateshead. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 154 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 23 | 11 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 45% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 9% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 91% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 82% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 91% | 54% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 106.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Larkspur Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Gateshead average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 61.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 42% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 126 |
| 2023/24 | 124 |
| 2024/25 | 157 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Larkspur Community Primary School compares
Larkspur Community Primary School ranked 59th of 62 primary schools in Gateshead for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42% | 6.2% | 71.5% | 154 | — |
| St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton | 56% | 4.4% | 45.8% | 191 | 0.4 miles |
| Fell Dyke Community Primary School | 55% | 7.2% | 68.7% | 286 | 0.5 miles |
| Glynwood Community Primary School | 56% | 6.9% | 31.4% | 423 | 0.6 miles |
| Windy Nook Primary School | 67% | 5.2% | 32.4% | 332 | 0.7 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green | 85% | 4.6% | 30.4% | 162 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 71.53%
- English as an additional language
- 28%
- Overall absence
- 6.21%
- Persistent absence
- 16.03%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton0.4 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
Fell Dyke Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
Glynwood Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
Windy Nook Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green0.9 miles
Primary · Gateshead
Other schools in Gateshead
Larkspur Community Primary School ranks 33rd of the 35 ranked primary schools in Gateshead.
- Bede Community Primary School Primary
- Bill Quay Primary School Primary
- Brandling Primary School Primary
- Brighton Avenue Primary School Primary
- Caedmon Community Primary School Primary
- Carr Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Primary
- Dunston Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Falla Park Community Primary School Primary
- Fell Dyke Community Primary School Primary
- Glynwood Community Primary School Primary
- Harlow Green Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Larkspur Community Primary School teach?
- Larkspur Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Gateshead.
- Who is the head teacher of Larkspur Community Primary School?
- The head teacher of Larkspur Community Primary School is Mrs Katy Anglesea, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Larkspur Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Larkspur Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Larkspur Community Primary School?
- Larkspur Community Primary School has 154 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Larkspur Community Primary School full?
- Larkspur Community Primary School has capacity for 203 pupils and 154 on roll (76%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Larkspur Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Larkspur Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Larkspur Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Larkspur Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Larkspur Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Larkspur Community Primary School rank locally?
- Larkspur Community Primary School ranked 59th of 62 primary schools in Gateshead for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 13% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Larkspur Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Larkspur Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Larkspur Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Larkspur Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.