Waverley Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Waverley Primary School on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Overall, pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a culture in which pupils are motivated to attend well."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a curriculum that takes into account, and builds from, pupils' starting points."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders identify and assess pupils' needs promptly."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders act in the best interests of pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The personal development and wellbeing programme is comprehensive and tailored to the context of the school."

Early years - Needs attention. "The early years curriculum does not help children build their knowledge and skills securely."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that their actions to improve the early years provision help children to reach a good level of development by the end of the Reception Year, including how well they use their phonics to read accurately and with increasing fluency"; "Leaders should ensure that the actions they take to provide support for pupils in response to incidents of inappropriate behaviour are consistently well recorded and regularly reviewed, as part of the school's ongoing work to ensure that pupils receive appropriate support in a timely manner".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Thank you for considering Waverley Primary School as the future educators for your child. Waverley is a thriving primary school located in the Outer West of Newcastle. We pride ourselves on striving for the best for our children. Learning should be fun, creative and experiential. Your child should want to come to school."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils at Waverley Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 93% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 77% in Newcastle upon Tyne and 77% and 75% across England.

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

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put Waverley Primary School as their first choice and 34 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Waverley Primary School are St George's Catholic Primary School, Bells Close (0.3 miles, Good, 67% reading, 80% maths); Lemington Riverside Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 61% reading, 57% maths); Broadwood Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 64% reading, 50% maths); and St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle (0.6 miles, Good, 77% reading, 67% maths).

Waverley Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Waverley Primary School is one of 8 schools run by One (owl North East) Trust, an academy trust.

42% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 69 pupils (33.7%) received SEN support and 5 (2.4%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Blaydon Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dumpling Hall (sw-bound), 250 metres away.

In 2024/25, Waverley Primary School issued 14 suspensions, 7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Waverley Primary School are Excelsior Academy (0.6 miles); St Cuthbert's High School (1.1 miles); Studio West (1.1 miles); and St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon (1.4 miles).