Larkspur Community Primary School

State-Funded School

larkspur-community-primary-school-gateshead-north-east

North EastRegion

GatesheadLocal Authority

Gateshead Central and WhickhamConstituency

NE9 6SSPostcode

3.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Larkspur Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Gateshead, North East.

It currently serves 154 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 45%
Higher standard: 9%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

73%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

14%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

154

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

58%

England average

27%

First language not English

26%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 154
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
11 Nov 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
7 Mar 2019	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.