Denbigh Community Primary School
Denbigh Avenue, Howdon, Wallsend, NE28 0DS
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Denbigh Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Dr Louise Guthrie
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Tyneside
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 458
- URN
- 108608
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
About this school
Denbigh Community Primary School was a foundation primary school in Wallsend. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 458 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Denbigh Community 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 | 57 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 19% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.20 | - |
| Writing progress | +2.90 | - |
| Maths progress | +1.30 | - |
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 Denbigh Community 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 | 67% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 57.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 58.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Denbigh Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.4% | 45.6% | 458 | — |
| Denbigh Community Primary School | 65% | 5.6% | 48.3% | 436 | 0.0 miles |
| Stephenson Memorial Primary School | 59% | 6.3% | 56.7% | 324 | 0.3 miles |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend | 76% | 5.7% | 40.9% | 222 | 0.5 miles |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School | — | 4.2% | 35.2% | 162 | 0.9 miles |
| Percy Main Primary School | 52% | 5.6% | 66.1% | 205 | 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.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.6%
- English as an additional language
- 4.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.4%
- Persistent absence
- 15.3%
Location
Nearby schools
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Denbigh Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Wallsend
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Stephenson Memorial Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Wallsend
-
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend0.5 miles
Primary · Wallsend
-
St Peter's Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Wallsend
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Percy Main Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · North Shields
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 Denbigh Community Primary School teach?
- Denbigh Community Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Wallsend.
- Has Denbigh Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Denbigh Community 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 Denbigh Community Primary School?
- Denbigh Community Primary School had 458 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Denbigh Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Denbigh Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Denbigh Community 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 10 January 2024.