Balliol Primary School
Chesters Avenue, Longbenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 8QP
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- The North Tyneside Learning Trust
- Head Teacher
- Miss Lindsay Coates
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 157
- URN
- 108603
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01918142500
About this school
Balliol Primary School is a foundation primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 157 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Balliol 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected 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 | 27 | 18 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 26% | 41% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 12% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 50% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 37% | 56% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 52% | 61% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 103.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.50 | - | - |
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 Balliol 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 | 26% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 57.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 58.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 164 |
| 2023/24 | 161 |
| 2024/25 | 171 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Balliol Primary School compares
Balliol Primary School ranked 35th of 50 primary schools in North Tyneside for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 6.1% | 53.7% | 157 | — |
| St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle | 83% | 4.7% | 24.8% | 230 | 0.3 miles |
| St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided) | 35% | 7% | 26.5% | 213 | 0.3 miles |
| Benton Park Primary School | 79% | 4% | 12.1% | 457 | 0.4 miles |
| Benton Dene Primary School | 79% | 4.3% | 22.9% | 466 | 0.6 miles |
| Cragside Primary School | 83% | 4% | 6.9% | 410 | 0.9 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 report19 May 2026
- 24 October 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.69%
- English as an additional language
- 18.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.06%
- Persistent absence
- 22.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle0.3 miles
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)0.3 miles
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Benton Park Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Benton Dene Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Cragside Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Other schools in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Balliol Primary School ranks 72nd 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
- Backworth Park 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 Balliol Primary School teach?
- Balliol Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- Who is the head teacher of Balliol Primary School?
- The head teacher of Balliol Primary School is Miss Lindsay Coates, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Balliol Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Balliol 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 Balliol Primary School?
- Balliol Primary School has 157 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Balliol Primary School a faith school?
- No. Balliol Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Balliol Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Balliol Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Balliol Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Balliol Primary School is part of The North Tyneside Learning Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Balliol Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 26% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Balliol Primary School compare with other schools in North Tyneside?
- Balliol Primary School ranked 35th of 50 primary schools in North Tyneside for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Balliol Primary School's absence rate?
- Balliol Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Balliol Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Balliol 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 15 July 2026.