Byker Primary School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceNo overall grade
About the School
Byker Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East.
It currently serves 391 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Requires improvement
Quality ofeducation
Requires improvement
Personaldevelopment
Good
Behaviour &attitudes
Requires improvement
Early yearsprovision
Good
Academic Performance
Above average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 63%
- Higher standard
- 8%
- Reading score
- 105
- Maths score
- 105
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
50%Boys
50%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Most deprived
- Total pupils
- 391
- IDACI quintile
- 5 (Least deprived)
Inspection history
2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2025 | Requires improvement | Requires improvement | Good | Requires improvement | Not judged |
| 29 Sept 2017 | 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.
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