Spring Gardens Primary School
Brightman Road, North Shields, NE29 0HP
This school is closed (it closed in February 2024).
It was replaced by Spring Gardens Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Timothy Jones
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Tynemouth
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 452
- Pupils on roll
- 363
- URN
- 108574
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
About this school
Spring Gardens Primary School was a community primary school in North Shields. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 363 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Spring Gardens Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 50 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.40 | - |
| Writing progress | -3.40 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.90 | - |
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 Spring Gardens 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 | North Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 57.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 58.1% | 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% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 363 |
| 2023/24 | 363 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Spring Gardens Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6% | 44.7% | 363 | — |
| Spring Gardens Primary School | 41% | 6.5% | 43.1% | 314 | 0.0 miles |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields | 84% | 5.6% | 35.4% | 224 | 0.3 miles |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School | 57% | 4.5% | 43.6% | 169 | 0.3 miles |
| Waterville Primary School | 57% | 5.8% | 65.8% | 209 | 0.5 miles |
| King Edward Primary School | 48% | 3.4% | 13.2% | 473 | 0.5 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.7%
- English as an additional language
- 3.9%
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistent absence
- 17.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Spring Gardens Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · North Shields
-
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields0.3 miles
Primary · North Shields
-
Christ Church CofE Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · North Shields
-
Waterville Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · North Shields
-
King Edward Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · North Tyneside
Other schools in North Shields
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Collingwood Primary School Primary
- Cullercoats Primary School Primary
- Monkhouse Primary School Primary
- New York Primary School Primary
- Percy Main Primary School Primary
- Preston Grange Primary School Primary
- Riverside Primary School Primary
- Spring Gardens Primary School Primary
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Spring Gardens Primary School teach?
- Spring Gardens Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in North Shields.
- Has Spring Gardens Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Spring Gardens Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Spring Gardens Primary School?
- Spring Gardens Primary School had 363 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Spring Gardens Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Spring Gardens Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Spring Gardens 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 8 July 2024.