West Walker Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Newcastle City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
West Walker Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 June 2025. Newcastle upon Tyne has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
West Walker 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 47 of the 67 other Newcastle upon Tyne primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Newcastle upon Tyne schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 326 Church Street, Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 3XW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 75.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 June 2025
Strengths
- “Polite, happy and considerate pupils abound at West Walker Primary School.”
- “The majority of pupils represent the school’s core values of ‘kindness, tolerance and respect’.”
- “West Walker is a place where pupils from a wide range of backgrounds flourish.”
To improve
- “Over time, this has not always been the case, however.”
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not identify and address some of the key gaps that pupils have in some aspects of their subject knowledge.”
- “This prevents pupils from achieving all that they could in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 2025 (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) | 50% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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 Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Central Walker Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tyneview Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Vincents Catholic Primary School, Newcastle 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Welbeck Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Walkergate Community School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Byker Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published