Langdale Primary School, Newcastle
Langdale Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Newcastle, part of The Creative Learning Partnership Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2024. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 10th-highest of the 15 schools in Newcastle with published results, and 7,614th of 14,452 across England. It was 86% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- In line with England
- Ofsted
- Good (2024)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Staffordshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Langdale Primary School in detail
Langdale Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Safe and Secure Independent and Resilient Inspired to Achieve Happy and Healthy Globally and Culturally Aware"
From the headteacher's welcome: "On behalf of the children, staff, governors and trustees, I am delighted to welcome you to Langdale Primary School. As Headteacher, I am immensely proud of our school and the strong sense of community that makes Langdale such a special place to learn and grow."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, cricket, athletics, gymnastics, swimming, cross-country and choir.
Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils at Langdale Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 75% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 77% in Staffordshire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results were similar in 2024 (75% in reading, 75% in maths).
Getting a place at Langdale Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 45 families put Langdale Primary School as their first choice and 87 named it as one of their preferences, for 45 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Langdale Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Langdale Primary School are Seabridge Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 75% reading, 78% maths); Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 91% reading, 81% maths); Co-op Academy Friarswood (0.6 miles, Good, 93% reading, 93% maths); and Westlands Primary School (0.7 miles, 76% reading, 76% maths).
Langdale Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.
Seabridge Primary SchoolOur Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary SchoolCo-op Academy FriarswoodWestlands Primary School
The trust
Langdale Primary School is one of 11 schools run by The Creative Learning Partnership Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Who goes there
13.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Stoke-on-Trent Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beresford Crescent (opposite), 210 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Langdale Primary School issued 4 suspensions, 1.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Langdale Primary School are Clayton Hall Academy (0.7 miles), Newcastle Academy (0.9 miles), Thistley Hough Academy (1.2 miles) and St John Fisher Catholic College (1.4 miles).
Clayton Hall AcademyNewcastle AcademyThistley Hough AcademySt John Fisher Catholic College
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Pupils and staff are exceptionally proud to be 'part' of Langdale Primary School. Pride, ambition, resilience and togetherness shine through all that happens in the school. Parents and carers add their voice to this love of, and pride in, the school. They rightly say that staff go above and beyond to help every child thrive.
Pupils feel valued and listened to. They meet the high expectations that leaders and staff set for them. An aura of calm and purpose helps pupils to champion learning and achieve well. Pupils take on a range of responsibilities with a mature attitude. They are grateful for the many, varied opportunities that they are given.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
Leaders in all their guises are dedicated to ensuring all pupils achieve to the very best of their ability. In the recent past, there were a few aspects of pupils' progress in reading and mathematics, at the end of key stage 2, that were not as strong as they should have been. However, this is no longer the case. Pupils across every year group are achieving well. The trust and the school have worked in tandem, with determination and success, to address the circumstances, including mobility and additional needs, which resulted in a dip in some aspects of a few subjects.
This strong and united leadership is instrumental in establishing a curriculum that sits around key concepts for each subject. Staff know these and use them well to deliver lessons. Pupils also know these and use them effectively to remember and recall their learning. Sharing conversations with pupils is like turning the pages of a book as they reveal their learning to you. Nothing is out of bounds. The circulatory system, the solar system and the Roman bathing system are all discussed to a depth and detail that is impressive.
From Ofsted's July 2024 inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its July 2024 inspection.
Rated Outstanding for
Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Early years.
Rated Good for
Quality of education, Leadership & management.
At a Glance
13.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 78% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 75% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 75% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
25.1
Avg class size
23.7
Infant (KS1)
27.1
KS2
15
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
Keep up with Langdale Primary School
Before and after school care
Langdale Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Staffordshire
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Langdale Primary School.
- Time4Sport @ Seabridge Primary School530m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Langdale Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Staffordshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Langdale Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Langdale Primary School is in Staffordshire; for families living there:
Apply to Staffordshire for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Staffordshire is 5 (the median across 457 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
86%
Available places
363 pupils
420 places
57 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Newcastle
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Newcastle
Across Staffordshire council
Places available
10,768
Applications
8,344
Got 1st preference
95.1%
Got preferred school
99.1%
All primary applications across Staffordshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
56
SEN Support
14
EHC Plans
17.0%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
411
Total Pupils
215
Boys
196
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
17
Teachers
24.2:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£52,953
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£4,955
Per pupil
£1946k
Total funding
£71k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.7%
Overall absence
8.8%
Persistent absence
317
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Questions parents ask about Langdale Primary School
What are SATs results like at Langdale Primary School?
Of the pupils at Langdale Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 78% reached the expected standard in reading and 75% did so in maths.
What is Langdale Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Langdale Primary School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2024.
What is the catchment area for Langdale Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Langdale Primary School is oversubscribed, Staffordshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Langdale Primary School?
Langdale Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 86% of its 420 places.
How big are the classes at Langdale Primary School?
Classes at Langdale Primary School average 25.1 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Langdale Primary School?
Langdale Primary School has around 411 pupils on roll. 13% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Langdale Primary School?
4.7% of sessions were missed at Langdale Primary School in 2024/25. 8.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Langdale Primary School?
Apply through Staffordshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Langdale Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Langdale Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Langdale Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Langdale Primary School: Time4Sport @ Seabridge Primary School (530m away, registered, not yet graded).
How many road collisions happen near Langdale Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Staffordshire is 5 (the median across 457 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Langdale Primary School?
Langdale Primary School is at Langdale Road, Clayton, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 3QE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)