Backworth Park Primary School
Hotspur North, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0FZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Ms Leigh ElSaghier
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 341
- Pupils on roll
- 342
- URN
- 108580
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01918158000
About this school
Backworth Park Primary School is a community primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 342 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Backworth Park 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
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong 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 | 29 | 32 | 41 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 69% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 9% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 72% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 72% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 63% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
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 Backworth Park 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 | 76% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 57.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 58.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 302 |
| 2023/24 | 330 |
| 2024/25 | 344 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Backworth Park Primary School compares
Backworth Park Primary School ranked 13th of 50 primary schools in North Tyneside for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 3.3% | 25.5% | 342 | — |
| Holystone Primary School | 71% | 3.8% | 11.6% | 456 | 1.0 miles |
| Shiremoor Primary School | 77% | 5.3% | 44.1% | 319 | 1.1 miles |
| Amberley Primary School | 55% | 4.2% | 27.1% | 405 | 1.3 miles |
| South Wellfield First School | — | 3.4% | 6.8% | 345 | 1.6 miles |
| Seghill First School | — | 6.3% | 37.9% | 105 | 1.7 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
-
Graded inspection report27 January 2026
- 13 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.47%
- English as an additional language
- 1.2%
- Overall absence
- 3.28%
- Persistent absence
- 4.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holystone Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Shiremoor Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Amberley Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
South Wellfield First School1.6 miles
Primary · Whitley Bay
-
Seghill First School1.7 miles
Primary · Cramlington
Other schools in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Backworth Park Primary School ranks 33rd of the 94 ranked primary schools in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- Amberley Primary School Primary
- Archbishop Runcie CofE First School Primary
- Archibald First School Primary
- Atkinson Road Primary Academy Primary
- Balliol Primary School Primary
- Balliol Primary School Primary
- Beech Hill Primary School Primary
- Belsay Primary School Primary
- Benton Dene Primary School Primary
- Benton Park Primary School Primary
- Bridgewater Primary School Primary
- Broadwood Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Backworth Park Primary School teach?
- Backworth Park Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Backworth Park Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Backworth Park Primary School is Ms Leigh ElSaghier, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Backworth Park Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Backworth Park 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 Backworth Park Primary School?
- Backworth Park Primary School has 342 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Backworth Park Primary School full?
- Backworth Park Primary School has capacity for 341 pupils and 342 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Backworth Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. Backworth Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Backworth Park Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Backworth Park Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Backworth Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 76% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Backworth Park Primary School compare with other schools in North Tyneside?
- Backworth Park Primary School ranked 13th of 50 primary schools in North Tyneside for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Backworth Park Primary School's absence rate?
- Backworth Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Backworth Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Backworth Park 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.