Wardley Primary School

State-Funded School

wardley-primary-school-gateshead-north-east

North EastRegion

GatesheadLocal Authority

Jarrow and Gateshead EastConstituency

NE10 8TXPostcode

6.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 292 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 Jan 2026 · published 11 Feb 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 69%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

292

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

England average

27%

First language not English

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 292
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 2 February 2022. 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
6 Jun 2013	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.