Greenside Primary School
Rockwood Hill Road, Greenside, Ryton, NE40 4AX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Dawn Foster
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 172
- URN
- 108348
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01914132186
About this school
Greenside Primary School is a community primary school in Ryton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 172 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 26 | 20 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 80% | 83% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 10% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 95% | 96% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 90% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | 90% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
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 Greenside 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 | 77% | 61.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 83% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 180 |
| 2023/24 | 184 |
| 2024/25 | 174 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Greenside Primary School compares
Greenside Primary School ranked 7th of 62 primary schools in Gateshead for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 83% | 4.4% | 27.5% | 172 | — |
| St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook | 82% | 3% | 3.8% | 189 | 0.8 miles |
| Emmaville Primary School | 75% | 4% | 10.7% | 442 | 1.1 miles |
| Ryton Community Infant School | — | 6.7% | 37.2% | 121 | 1.4 miles |
| Ryton Junior School | 80% | 5.9% | 34.7% | 133 | 1.4 miles |
| High Spen Primary School | 71% | 5.2% | 27.2% | 172 | 1.6 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)
- 27.5%
- English as an additional language
- 1.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.44%
- Persistent absence
- 9.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook0.8 miles
Primary · Ryton
-
Emmaville Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Ryton
-
Ryton Community Infant School1.4 miles
Primary · Ryton
-
Ryton Junior School1.4 miles
Primary · Ryton
-
High Spen Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Rowlands Gill
Other schools in Ryton
Greenside Primary School ranks 1st of the 5 ranked primary schools in Ryton.
- Crookhill Community Primary School Primary
- Emmaville 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 Greenside Primary School teach?
- Greenside Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Ryton.
- Who is the headteacher of Greenside Primary School?
- The headteacher of Greenside Primary School is Miss Dawn Foster, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Greenside Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Greenside 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 Greenside Primary School?
- Greenside Primary School has 172 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Greenside Primary School full?
- Greenside Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 172 on roll (82%), 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 Greenside Primary School a faith school?
- No. Greenside Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Greenside Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Greenside Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Greenside Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 77% in 2022/23 and 83% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Greenside Primary School rank locally?
- Greenside Primary School ranked 7th of 62 primary schools in Gateshead for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Greenside Primary School's absence rate?
- Greenside Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Greenside Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Greenside 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.