Kenton Bar Primary School

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

Newcastle upon TyneLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne NorthConstituency

NE3 3YFPostcode

1.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Kenton Bar Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East.

It currently serves 273 pupils. Kenton Bar Primary School is part of SMART Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 42%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 100
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

53%

Asian

11%

Black

16%

Mixed

Any other group

16%

Pupils

273

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

58%

England average

27%

First language not English

46%

England average

22%

Young carers

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: 273
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: SMART Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
11 Feb 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Not judged
11 Nov 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	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.