West Jesmond Primary School
About the school
West Jesmond Primary School is an open primary school in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 7 May 2025
- Published
- 23 June 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 84%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 66%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 28%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 11%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 92%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 77%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 86%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 74%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 92%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 76%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 96%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 74%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 65%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 32%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 91%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 81%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 110
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 110
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 113
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 106
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
603
Girls
47.26%
Boys
52.74%
SEN support
9.12%
Education, health and care plan
2.32%
English as an additional language
43.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
12.27%
Overall absence
4.13
Persistent absence
6.89