Ponteland Community Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils at Ponteland Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 68% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Northumberland and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 89% in reading and 82% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 17 families put Ponteland Community Primary School as their first choice and 80 named it as one of their preferences, for 20 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ponteland Community Primary School are Richard Coates Church of England Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 80% reading, 77% maths); Ponteland Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 90% reading, 80% maths); Darras Hall Primary School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, 87% reading, 88% maths); and Dinnington First School (2.9 miles, Good).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Ponteland Community Primary School.

Ponteland Community Primary School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

7.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 6.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (70%), Asian (13%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 25 pupils (9.1%) received SEN support and 5 (1.8%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Ponteland Community Primary School had 14 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Newcastle Airport (Tyne and Wear Metro Station), about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High School bus park (in), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ponteland Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 19 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Northumberland (44).

In 2024/25, Ponteland Community Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 1.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.