Front Street Community Primary School

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

GatesheadLocal Authority

Gateshead Central and WhickhamConstituency

NE16 4AYPostcode

9.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 413 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 75%
Higher standard: 12%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

83%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

413

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

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: Average
Total pupils: 413
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 26 October 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
20 Feb 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.