Dinnington First School

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

Newcastle upon TyneLocal Authority

Cramlington and KillingworthConstituency

NE13 7JYPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 320 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 Jan 2026 · published 17 Feb 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

320

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

15%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

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: Average
Total pupils: 320
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
18 Jan 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
18 Nov 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.