Balliol Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
4.25 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Balliol Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (foundation school). North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Balliol 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 | 4.25 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted's inspection on 19 May 2026 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, from 24 October 2023, was Inadequate.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 4.25 miles away, the 7th longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 57% 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 are 12.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.3 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
- Chesters Avenue, Longbenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 8QP
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Balliol Primary School has been through a period of rapid improvement.”
- “Pupils value the many positive changes that leaders have made.”
- “Improvements to behaviour mean that pupils now learn in calm and purposeful classrooms.”
To improve
- “On occasion, some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities struggle to meet these standards.”
- “However, some pupils do not yet achieve as highly as they should and this limits the proportion of pupils who are well prepared for secondary school.”
- “However, a small number of pupils are still absent too often.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2026 (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) | 57% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Tyneside.
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle 0.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided) 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Benton Dene Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ivy Road Primary School 1.3 mi Inadequate Last distance published
- Forest Hall Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westmoor Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Redesdale Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published