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Throckley Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

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location_onNewcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 9DY

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2013

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Students

349

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Expected Standard

86%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Throckley Primary School is a Foundation school primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, serving ages 2-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Ranks in the top 4% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Throckley Primary School is a foundation school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, admitting pupils aged 2-11. The school has approximately 349 pupils on roll.

In 2024, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 14% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #1 of 71 primaries in Newcastle upon Tyne and #278 of 15,713 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2013. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 16.3:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 16.1%.

In the 2022/23 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

86%

LA 61%England 61%

Reading93% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing89% LA 71% · Eng 72%

Maths96% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

111

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

94%

LA 59%England 60%

Reading97% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing94% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths97% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

110

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

111

Progress (0 = national avg)

5.3

Read

LA -0.1

3.0 to 7.5

6.8

Write

LA 0.4

4.6 to 9.0

4.9

Maths

LA -0.1

2.8 to 7.0

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

97%

LA 64%England 65%

Reading97% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing97% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths100% LA 79% · Eng 79%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

114

Progress (0 = national avg)

4.9

Read

LA 1.5

2.8 to 7.0

6.4

Write

LA 1.5

4.4 to 8.3

4.9

Maths

LA 1.6

3.0 to 6.7

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

93%

LA 68%

Reading93% LA 77%

Writing93% LA 78%

Maths93% LA 78%

Read SS

112

Maths SS

111

GPS SS

114

Progress (0 = national avg)

8.2

Read

LA 1.5

6 to 10.4

5.7

Write

LA 1.3

3.6 to 7.8

7.2

Maths

LA 1.6

5.2 to 9.2

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

No digital report timeline available.

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2013-11-07

S5 Inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2012-01-12

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.7% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2023

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 0.868% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2023, this school served a headcount of 358 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.7%.

View Historical Disciplinary Records (2017–2025)keyboard_arrow_down

Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2022/23 (Summer term)	358	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	349	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	340	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	363	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	362	1	0.3%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	351	1	0.3%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	354	0	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	344	2	0.6%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	330	1	0.3%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	340	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	340	3	0.9%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	330	1	0.3%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	352	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	337	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	328	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	331	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	316	3	0.9%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	299	2	0.7%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	306	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	294	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	277	4	1.4%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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