Fordley Primary School
About the school
Fordley 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
- 27 November 2024
- Published
- 19 January 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
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 60%
- North Tyneside
- 63%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 2%
- North Tyneside
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 81%
- North Tyneside
- 78%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 69%
- North Tyneside
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 74%
- North Tyneside
- 75%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 69%
- North Tyneside
- 75%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 5%
- North Tyneside
- 29%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 88%
- North Tyneside
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 105
- North Tyneside
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 103
- North Tyneside
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 102
- 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
383
Girls
49.61%
Boys
50.39%
SEN support
15.93%
Education, health and care plan
1.83%
English as an additional language
6.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
42.04%
Overall absence
5.82
Persistent absence
15.74