Brighton Avenue Primary School
Brighton Road, Gateshead, NE8 1XS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Allan
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 404
- URN
- 108368
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01914218080
About this school
Brighton Avenue Primary School is a community primary school in Gateshead. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 404 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
- 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 | 43 | 47 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 81% | 80% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 2% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 85% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 86% | 81% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 83% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.90 | - | - |
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 Brighton Avenue 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 | 74% | 61.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 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 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 352 |
| 2023/24 | 362 |
| 2024/25 | 410 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Brighton Avenue Primary School compares
Brighton Avenue Primary School ranked 13th 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 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 80% | 4.8% | 40.3% | 404 | — |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead | 79% | 3.3% | 25% | 230 | 0.3 miles |
| Kelvin Grove Community Primary School | 48% | 6.3% | 47.4% | 309 | 0.3 miles |
| St Aidan's Church of England Primary School | 81% | 4.3% | 45.8% | 213 | 0.3 miles |
| Caedmon Community Primary School | 74% | 3.6% | 42% | 231 | 0.4 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead | 62% | 4% | 38.8% | 169 | 0.6 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)
- 40.32%
- English as an additional language
- 41.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.81%
- Persistent absence
- 9.69%
Location
Nearby schools
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Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead0.3 miles
Primary · Gateshead
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Kelvin Grove Community Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Gateshead
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St Aidan's Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
Caedmon Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead0.6 miles
Primary · Gateshead
Other schools in Gateshead
Brighton Avenue Primary School ranks 4th of the 35 ranked primary schools in Gateshead.
- Bede Community Primary School Primary
- Bill Quay Primary School Primary
- Brandling 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
- Kells Lane Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Brighton Avenue Primary School teach?
- Brighton Avenue Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Gateshead.
- Who is the headteacher of Brighton Avenue Primary School?
- The headteacher of Brighton Avenue Primary School is Mrs Joanne Allan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Brighton Avenue Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Brighton Avenue 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 Brighton Avenue Primary School?
- Brighton Avenue Primary School has 404 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Brighton Avenue Primary School full?
- Brighton Avenue Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 404 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Brighton Avenue Primary School a faith school?
- No. Brighton Avenue Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Brighton Avenue Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Brighton Avenue Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Brighton Avenue Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 74% 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 Brighton Avenue Primary School rank locally?
- Brighton Avenue Primary School ranked 13th 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 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Brighton Avenue Primary School's absence rate?
- Brighton Avenue Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Brighton Avenue Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Brighton Avenue 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.