Wingrove Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Ofsted's report card from its 17 March 2026 inspection grades Wingrove Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils typically achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils' attendance is broadly in line with national figures."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a coherent, ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children make a positive start to early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise inclusion."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and governors know the school and its context well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders at all levels need to ensure actions are sharply focused to further improve outcomes in early years and phonics"; "Leaders need to ensure that all staff implement a consistent approach to improving pupils' handwriting, so that letters are formed correctly and pupils join up their writing as they progress through school"; "Leaders need to refine assessment, in lessons and over time, to precisely identify where pupils have gaps in their knowledge so that these can be quickly addressed".

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Wingrove Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 77% in Newcastle upon Tyne and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 68% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 62 families put Wingrove Primary School as their first choice and 108 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Wingrove Primary School are Canning Street Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 51% reading, 54% maths); Sacred Heart Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 74% reading, 74% maths); Moorside Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 65% reading, 57% maths); and Westgate Hill Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 68% reading, 67% maths).

Wingrove Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Wingrove Primary School is one of 8 schools run by West End Schools Trust, an academy trust.

45.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 73.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (64%), other ethnic groups (14%) and Black (6%).

The nearest tram or metro stop is St James (Tyne and Wear Metro Station), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hadrian Road-Oliver Avenue (w-bound), 80 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 493 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Newcastle upon Tyne (318), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Wingrove Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Wingrove Primary School are Sacred Heart Catholic High School (0.5 miles) and St Cuthbert's High School (1 mile).