Archibald First School

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

Newcastle upon TyneLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne NorthConstituency

NE3 1EBPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Archibald First School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–9, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East.

It currently serves 332 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

14%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

332

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

21%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 9
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 332
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
15 Jun 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
6 May 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.