Amberley Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
3.12 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Amberley Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 February 2024. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Amberley Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 3.12 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2025 the last child offered a place lived 3.12 miles, the 15th longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.94 miles).
- In 2024/25, 55% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside.
- There were 35 first-choice applications for 40 Reception offers in 2026; 34 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- 24.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 38.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- East Bailey, Killingworth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 6SQ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 405 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at Amberley Primary School.”
- “They are kind, polite and welcoming.”
- “Pupils develop positive relationships with each other and with adults.”
To improve
- “When pupils read aloud to adults, these techniques are not consistently applied.”
- “Sometimes, pupils read books that have sounds in them that they have not been taught.”
- “When this happens, they do not develop fluency in reading as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 55% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 35 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 34 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Tyneside.
- Bailey Green Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Grasmere Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Westmoor Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Burradon Community Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ivy Road Primary School 1.1 mi Inadequate Last distance published
- Forest Hall Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Backworth Park Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published