Benton Park Primary School
Primary schoolBenton Park Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle upon Tyne, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 457 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 April 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 79% of pupils at Benton Park Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Newcastle upon Tyne and 62% in England.
11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Newcastle upon Tyne | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Benton House SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file620 m
- Balliol Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
- Cragside Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- St Mary's Catholic SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), September 2023. Attainment 8 of 54.1 (2025/26, provisional)920 m
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, NewcastlePrimary. Improved significantly, December 2024. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)Primary. School remains Good, November 2023. 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Newcastle upon Tyne
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).