Ryton Junior School
Main Road, Ryton, NE40 3AF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Deborah Ashcroft
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 133
- URN
- 108355
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01914133573
About this school
Ryton Junior School is a community primary school in Ryton. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 133 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
- 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 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 63% | 80% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 70% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 77% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 73% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
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 Ryton Junior 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 | 73% | 61.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 80% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 129 |
| 2023/24 | 128 |
| 2024/25 | 124 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ryton Junior School compares
Ryton Junior School ranked 15th of 62 primary schools in Gateshead for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 80% | 5.9% | 34.7% | 133 | — |
| Ryton Community Infant School | — | 6.7% | 37.2% | 121 | 0.1 miles |
| Emmaville Primary School | 75% | 4% | 10.7% | 442 | 0.5 miles |
| St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook | 82% | 3% | 3.8% | 189 | 0.7 miles |
| Crookhill Community Primary School | 70% | 4.9% | 32.8% | 186 | 1.3 miles |
| Greenside Primary School | 83% | 4.4% | 27.5% | 172 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.68%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 5.9%
- Persistent absence
- 15.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ryton Community Infant School0.1 miles
Primary · Ryton
-
Emmaville Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Ryton
-
St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook0.7 miles
Primary · Ryton
-
Crookhill Community Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Ryton
-
Greenside Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Ryton
Other schools in Ryton
Ryton Junior School ranks 3rd of the 5 ranked primary schools in Ryton.
- Crookhill Community Primary School Primary
- Emmaville Primary School Primary
- Greenside Primary School Primary
- Ryton Community Infant School Primary
- St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook Primary
- Thorp Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ryton Junior School teach?
- Ryton Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Ryton.
- Who is the headteacher of Ryton Junior School?
- The headteacher of Ryton Junior School is Mrs Deborah Ashcroft, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ryton Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ryton Junior 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 Ryton Junior School?
- Ryton Junior School has 133 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Ryton Junior School full?
- Ryton Junior School has capacity for 236 pupils and 133 on roll (56%), 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 Ryton Junior School a faith school?
- No. Ryton Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ryton Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Ryton Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Ryton Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 80% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ryton Junior School rank locally?
- Ryton Junior School ranked 15th of 62 primary schools in Gateshead for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ryton Junior School's absence rate?
- Ryton Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ryton Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ryton Junior 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.