Wardley Primary School
Keir Hardie Avenue, Wardley, Gateshead, NE10 8TX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Nicola Wallace
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 292
- URN
- 108371
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01914693012
About this school
Wardley Primary School is a community primary school in Gateshead. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 292 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Wardley Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 41 | 26 | 33 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 69% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 4% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 81% | 94% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 81% | 94% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 88% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
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 Wardley 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 | 54% | 61.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 259 |
| 2023/24 | 266 |
| 2024/25 | 289 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wardley Primary School compares
Wardley Primary School ranked 27th of 62 primary schools in Gateshead for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% 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 | 70% | 4.9% | 44% | 292 | — |
| Lingey House Primary School | 47% | 6% | 32.1% | 450 | 0.4 miles |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw | 41% | 4% | 18% | 171 | 0.4 miles |
| Bill Quay Primary School | 72% | 3.5% | 12% | 252 | 0.5 miles |
| White Mere Community Primary School | 53% | 4.8% | 29.7% | 136 | 0.6 miles |
| The Drive Community Primary School | 55% | 6.4% | 56.7% | 213 | 0.7 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)
- 44.02%
- English as an additional language
- 6.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.89%
- Persistent absence
- 13.66%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lingey House Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw0.4 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
Bill Quay Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
White Mere Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
The Drive Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Gateshead
Other schools in Gateshead
Wardley Primary School ranks 10th 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 ages does Wardley Primary School teach?
- Wardley Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Gateshead.
- Who is the headteacher of Wardley Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wardley Primary School is Ms Nicola Wallace, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Wardley Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wardley 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 many pupils are at Wardley Primary School?
- Wardley Primary School has 292 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Wardley Primary School full?
- Wardley Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 292 on roll (93%), 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 Wardley Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wardley Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wardley Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wardley Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Wardley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wardley Primary School compare with other schools in Gateshead?
- Wardley Primary School ranked 27th of 62 primary schools in Gateshead for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% 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 Wardley Primary School's absence rate?
- Wardley Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wardley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wardley 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.