Welbeck Academy

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

Newcastle upon TyneLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendConstituency

NE6 2QLPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Welbeck Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, 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 459 pupils. Welbeck Academy is part of WISE ACADEMIES.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 25 Nov 2025 · published 28 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 58%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

61%

Asian

Black

21%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

459

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

72%

England average

27%

First language not English

30%

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: 459
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: WISE ACADEMIES

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
25 Feb 2024	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
4 Jul 2018	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.