Brandling Primary School

State-Funded School

brandling-primary-school-gateshead-north-east

North EastRegion

GatesheadLocal Authority

Jarrow and Gateshead EastConstituency

NE10 0JBPostcode

2.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Brandling Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Gateshead, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 217 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 42%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

74%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

217

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

49%

England average

27%

First language not English

22%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 217
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
18 Jul 2024	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Good
21 Sept 2022	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
22 Jun 2016	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.