Thomas Walling Primary Academy
Primary schoolThomas Walling Primary Academy is a primary school in Newcastle upon Tyne, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 412 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, January 2025
Before that: Good (overall), May 2021
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 19 May 2021
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 22 January 2025
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, 77% of pupils at Thomas Walling Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Newcastle upon Tyne and 62% in England.
8% 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 | 77% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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- Hilton Primary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2025: no overall grade. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)460 m
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, FenhamPrimary. School remains Good, January 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)500 m
- Stocksfield Avenue Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Sacred Heart Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Farne Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Sacred Heart Catholic High SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 51.8 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 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).