Battle Hill Primary School
Berwick Drive, Battle Hill Estate, Wallsend, NE28 9DH
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Battle Hill Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Miss Ruth Jobey
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Tyneside
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 295
- URN
- 108595
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
About this school
Battle Hill Primary School was a foundation primary school in Wallsend. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 295 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Battle Hill 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 | 40 | 48 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.50 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - |
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 Battle Hill 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 | 68% | 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.
How Battle Hill Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.3% | 50.8% | 295 | — |
| Battle Hill Primary School | 45% | 6.1% | 51.8% | 286 | 0.0 miles |
| Hadrian Park Primary School | 65% | 5.1% | 30% | 431 | 0.5 miles |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend | 76% | 5.7% | 40.9% | 222 | 0.6 miles |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend | 66% | 4.1% | 17.1% | 330 | 0.7 miles |
| Wallsend Jubilee Primary School | 58% | 5.1% | 34.7% | 401 | 1.0 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.8%
- English as an additional language
- 7.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.3%
- Persistent absence
- 17.6%
Location
Nearby schools
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Battle Hill Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Wallsend
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Hadrian Park Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wallsend
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St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend0.6 miles
Primary · Wallsend
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St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend0.7 miles
Primary · Wallsend
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Wallsend Jubilee Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Wallsend
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 ages does Battle Hill Primary School teach?
- Battle Hill Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Wallsend.
- Has Battle Hill Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Battle Hill 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 many pupils are at Battle Hill Primary School?
- Battle Hill Primary School had 295 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Battle Hill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% 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 Battle Hill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Battle Hill 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 31 December 2023.