Ofsted: Good trending_up Places Available emoji_events #26 in South Tyneside public Top 67% UK

Toner Avenue Primary School

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

personMrs Nichola Fullard

location_onHebburn, NE31 2LJ

language Visit Website phone 1914202588

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2022

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Students

440

school

Expected Standard

57%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Toner Avenue Primary School is a Community school primary school in Hebburn, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 67% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Toner Avenue Primary School is a community school in Hebburn, South Tyneside, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 492 pupils on roll, of whom 36% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #26 of 38 primaries in South Tyneside and #8,630 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2022. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Requires improvement, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 23.7:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 0.2 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)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

57%

LA 60%

Reading69% LA 71%

Writing71% LA 71%

Maths74% LA 71%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 59%England 61%

Reading77% LA 72% · Eng 74%

Writing81% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths82% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

54%

LA 61%England 60%

Reading68% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing68% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths62% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.0

Read

LA -0.5

-2.5 to 0.5

-0.3

Write

LA -0.3

-1.7 to 1.2

-1.5

Maths

LA -0.9

-2.9 to -0.1

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

58%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading70% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Writing86% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths77% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.9

Read

LA -0.1

-2.7 to 1.0

-0.7

Write

LA 0.4

-2.4 to 1.0

-1.3

Maths

LA -0.2

-3.0 to 0.3

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

56%

LA 63%

Reading66% LA 75%

Writing75% LA 76%

Maths72% LA 74%

Read SS

101

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.8

Read

LA -0.2

-5.9 to -1.7

-1.4

Write

LA 0.4

-3.4 to 0.6

-1

Maths

LA 0.0

-2.9 to 0.9

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

26 April 2022

Inspection Report

Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	492	1	0.2%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	479	1	0.2%	0.9%	1
2023/24 (Summer term)	470	3	0.6%	0.8%	1
2023/24 (Spring term)	477	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	457	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	460	6	1.3%	0.7%	2
2022/23 (Spring term)	440	2	0.5%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	429	1	0.2%	0.6%	1
2021/22 (Summer term)	417	6	1.4%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	410	5	1.2%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	391	1	0.3%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	404	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	385	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	369	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	369	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	369	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	362	4	1.1%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	365	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	344	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	335	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	343	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	338	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	322	1	0.3%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	318	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	310	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	296	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Funding & Staffing

School Funding Allocation

Funding Breakdown

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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