Brighton Avenue Primary School
Primary schoolBrighton Avenue Primary School is a primary school in Gateshead, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 404 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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, 80% of pupils at Brighton Avenue Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Gateshead and 62% in England.
9% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Gateshead | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 9% | 7% | 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- Bensham Grove Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, April 2023160 m
- Gateshead Jewish Boarding SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file430 m
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, GatesheadPrimary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)450 m
- Kelvin Grove Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)510 m
- St Aidan's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2022, before the school changed. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)520 m
- Eslington Primary SchoolSpecial. School remains Outstanding, July 2022550 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Gateshead
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).