Carville Primary School
The Avenue, Wallsend, NE28 6AX
This school is closed (it closed in April 2026).
It was replaced by Carville Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Rob Harker
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 314
- Pupils on roll
- 160
- URN
- 108592
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Website
- School website
About this school
Carville Primary School was a foundation primary school in Wallsend. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 160 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Carville Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
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 | 28 | 20 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 32% | 10% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 43% | 46% | 20% |
| Expected standard in maths | 20% | 39% | 40% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 27% | 46% | 25% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 104.0 | 96.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 95.0 | 97.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.40 | - | - |
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 Carville 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 | 10% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 32% | 57.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 10% | 58.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 206 |
| 2023/24 | 184 |
| 2024/25 | 170 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Carville Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 10% | 5.7% | 74.8% | 160 | — |
| Carville Academy | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Western Community Primary School | 76% | 4.8% | 34.6% | 440 | 0.4 miles |
| Richardson Dees Primary School | 52% | 7.2% | 54.2% | 206 | 0.6 miles |
| St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend | 48% | 6.2% | 23.7% | 190 | 0.6 miles |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker | 37% | 4.5% | 40.6% | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 74.83%
- English as an additional language
- 40.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.73%
- Persistent absence
- 17.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Carville Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Wallsend
-
Western Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Wallsend
-
Richardson Dees Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Wallsend
-
St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend0.6 miles
Primary · Wallsend
-
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker0.7 miles
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Other schools in Wallsend
- Battle Hill Primary School Primary
- Carville Academy Primary
- Denbigh Community Primary School Primary
- Hadrian Park Primary School Primary
- Redesdale Primary School Primary
- Richardson Dees Primary School Primary
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend Primary
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend Primary
- St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend Primary
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Stephenson Memorial Primary School Primary
- Wallsend Jubilee Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Carville Primary School teach?
- Carville Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Wallsend.
- Has Carville Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Carville 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 Carville Primary School?
- Carville Primary School had 160 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Carville Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 10% in 2022/23 and 10% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Carville Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Carville 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.