Backworth Park Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Ofsted's report card from its 27 January 2026 inspection grades Backworth Park Primary School on 7 areas: 5 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders work effectively to ensure that pupils attend school regularly."

Early years - Strong standard. "The early years provides children with a super start to school."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion is a well‑established strength of the school, underpinned by vigilant leadership and clear systems that ensure pupils' needs are quickly identified and met effectively."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leadership across the school is highly effective."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders' work to develop pupils' character and foster their wellbeing is a strength of the school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils make secure progress through the curriculum."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Teaching is effective and continuing to improve through leaders' deliberate and well-informed actions."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should ensure that pupils have more opportunities to develop their handwriting skills further. • Leaders should continue to ensure that approaches to teaching the revised reading curriculum support more pupils to achieve highly".

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are housed in a modern, beautiful building, opened on 10th October 2018 by the Rt. Hon Alan Campbell, MP, and the Duke of Northumberland along with other ambassadors for our school. Along with our beautiful and modern building, we have a happy and strong staff team, many new resources and wonderful planned opportunities."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, multi-sports, dance, choir, gardening and eco club.

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils at Backworth Park Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in North Tyneside and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 72% in reading and 72% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 54 families put Backworth Park Primary School as their first choice and 103 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 16 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Backworth Park Primary School are Holystone Primary School (1 mile, Good, 91% reading, 88% maths); Shiremoor Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 79% reading, 85% maths); Amberley Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 77% reading, 70% maths); and South Wellfield First School (1.6 miles, Good).

Backworth Park Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

94 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Backworth Park Primary School (as of April 2026): 86% would recommend the school, 87% say their child is happy there and 53% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (53%).

1.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (86%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 36 pupils (10.5%) received SEN support and 9 (2.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Backworth Park Primary School had 23 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear) Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Station Road-Nursery (n-bound), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Backworth Park Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 57 crimes within a mile of the school, most often shoplifting, anti-social behaviour and violence and sexual offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in North Tyneside (232).

In 2024/25, Backworth Park Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Backworth Park Primary School are George Stephenson High School (1.6 miles) and Wellfield Middle School (1.6 miles).