Emmaville Primary School
Main Street, Crawcrook, Ryton, NE40 4ND
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms A E Armstrong
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 442
- URN
- 108339
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01914132460
About this school
Emmaville Primary School is a community primary school in Ryton. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 442 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 68 | 61 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 66% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 5% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 69% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 72% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 69% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.50 | - | - |
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 Emmaville 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 | 75% | 61.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 489 |
| 2023/24 | 482 |
| 2024/25 | 460 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Emmaville Primary School compares
Emmaville Primary School ranked 19th of 62 primary schools in Gateshead for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 4% | 10.7% | 442 | — |
| St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook | 82% | 3% | 3.8% | 189 | 0.3 miles |
| Ryton Junior School | 80% | 5.9% | 34.7% | 133 | 0.5 miles |
| Ryton Community Infant School | — | 6.7% | 37.2% | 121 | 0.5 miles |
| Greenside Primary School | 83% | 4.4% | 27.5% | 172 | 1.1 miles |
| Wylam First School | — | 2.8% | 3.5% | 131 | 1.4 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)
- 10.68%
- English as an additional language
- 0.9%
- Overall absence
- 4%
- Persistent absence
- 7.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook0.3 miles
Primary · Ryton
-
Ryton Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Ryton
-
Ryton Community Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Ryton
-
Greenside Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Ryton
-
Wylam First School1.4 miles
Primary · Wylam
Other schools in Ryton
Emmaville Primary School ranks 4th of the 5 ranked primary schools in Ryton.
- Crookhill Community Primary School Primary
- Greenside Primary School Primary
- Ryton Community Infant School Primary
- Ryton Junior School Primary
- St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook Primary
- Thorp Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Emmaville Primary School teach?
- Emmaville Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Ryton.
- Who is the headteacher of Emmaville Primary School?
- The headteacher of Emmaville Primary School is Ms A E Armstrong, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Emmaville Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Emmaville 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 Emmaville Primary School?
- Emmaville Primary School has 442 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Emmaville Primary School full?
- Emmaville Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 442 on roll (105%), so it is at or above 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 Emmaville Primary School a faith school?
- No. Emmaville Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Emmaville Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Emmaville Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Emmaville Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 75% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Emmaville Primary School rank locally?
- Emmaville Primary School ranked 19th of 62 primary schools in Gateshead for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Emmaville Primary School's absence rate?
- Emmaville Primary School's overall absence rate is 4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Emmaville Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Emmaville 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.