Benton Dene Primary School
About the school
Benton Dene Primary School is an open primary school in North Tyneside.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 9 July 2024
- Published
- 11 September 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Outstanding
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
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
- 79%
- North Tyneside
- 63%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 17%
- North Tyneside
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 83%
- North Tyneside
- 78%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 88%
- North Tyneside
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 93%
- North Tyneside
- 75%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 90%
- North Tyneside
- 75%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 50%
- North Tyneside
- 29%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 88%
- North Tyneside
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 110
- North Tyneside
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 108
- North Tyneside
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 109
- North Tyneside
- 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
474
Girls
45.15%
Boys
54.85%
SEN support
25.32%
Education, health and care plan
3.38%
English as an additional language
8.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
22.89%
Overall absence
4.33
Persistent absence
6.91