Greenfields Community Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 1–11 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.53 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Greenfields Community Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside for ages 1–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 October 2022. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Greenfields Community 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 | 2.53 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside.
- In 2026, 41 first-choice applications were made for 39 Reception offers; 38 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- The Reception 2025 last distance offered was 2.53 miles, the 20th longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance (middle figure 1.94 miles).
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 35.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 27.5% 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
- Taylor Avenue, Wideopen, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE13 6NB
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 1–11
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 October 2022
Strengths
- “Greenfields Primary School is a happy and caring community.”
- “Pupils know the school values of ‘Be amazed, be brave, be original, be bold’ and the difference the values make.”
- “One commented, ‘School has helped us change our attitudes – we want to try hard.”
To improve
- “However, teachers do not link the phonics knowledge pupils are”
- “learning to spellings sufficiently well.”
- “As a result, some pupils are less confident in spelling and there are inaccuracies in their written work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 November 2022 (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) | 59% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 38 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.
- Hazlewood Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fordley Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Burradon Community Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grasmere Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Bailey Green Primary School 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Westmoor Primary School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Amberley Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published