Fordley Primary School

North Tyneside · NE23 7AL

General information Primary School · 2-11 years Who goes here 377 pupils, 36.4% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Fordley Primary School

General Information

Address: Dudley Drive, Dudley, Cramlington, NE23 7AL – View on map
Phone: 01912502207
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Claire Withers
Age range: 2-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 40 families put it first for 42 places – 10 for every 10 places. 98% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 42 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

377 pupils out of 420 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 131
% eligible for free school meals: 36.4%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the North Tyneside average)
English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 14.4% a year (North Tyneside 9.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 40% moved to another school, 60% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across North Tyneside: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in North Tyneside, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.8%
Persistently absent pupils: 15.7%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 15.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 27 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 23 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 60% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the North Tyneside average (65%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 62% against an expected 61%)
3-year average (expected standard): 62%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 81% · Writing 69% · Maths 74% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
Based on: 42 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolNorth Tyneside averageEngland↘ Falling Down 5 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 5 percentage points below the North Tyneside average (65%).

Year 6 SATs: 27th of 46 junior and primary schools in the area

#25Forest Hall Primary School62%
#26Collingwood Primary School61%
#27Fordley Primary School60%
=28Greenfields Community Primary School59%
=28Riverside Primary School59%

Click to see the full ranking

Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Monkhouse Primary School87%
#2St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields84%
=3St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall83%
=3St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle83%
=5Kings Priory School82%
=5Redesdale Primary School82%
=7Benton Dene Primary School79%
=7New York Primary School79%
#9Shiremoor Primary School77%
=10St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend76%
=10Western Community Primary School76%
#12Bailey Green Primary School74%
=13Backworth Park Primary School73%
=13Burradon Community Primary School73%
=13Westmoor Primary School73%
#16Preston Grange Primary School72%
#17Holystone Primary School71%
#18Hazlewood Community Primary School70%
=19Cullercoats Primary School67%
=19Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay67%
#21St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend66%
=22Denbigh Community Primary School65%
=22Hadrian Park Primary School65%
#24St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats64%
#25Forest Hall Primary School62%
#26Collingwood Primary School61%
#27Fordley Primary School60%
=28Greenfields Community Primary School59%
=28Riverside Primary School59%
=28Stephenson Memorial Primary School59%
#31Wallsend Jubilee Primary School58%
=32Balliol Primary School57%
=32Christ Church CofE Primary School57%
=32Waterville Primary School57%
#35Amberley Primary School55%
#36Ivy Road Primary School53%
=37Percy Main Primary School52%
=37Richardson Dees Primary School52%
=39King Edward Primary School48%
=39St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend48%
=41Battle Hill Primary School45%
=41St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields45%
#43Spring Gardens Primary School41%
#44St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)35%
#45Grasmere Academy33%
#46Whitehouse Primary School29%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,010 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

21st of 54 primary schools in North Tyneside for spending per pupil

#19Marine Park First School£7,164
#20Stephenson Memorial Primary School£7,095
#21Fordley Primary School£7,010
#22St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend£6,993
#23Appletree Gardens First School£6,951

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Grasmere Academy£13,880
#2Monkhouse Primary School£10,769
#3Riverside Primary School£10,110
#4St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields£10,029
#5Burradon Community Primary School£9,559
#6Percy Main Primary School£9,052
#7Whitehouse Primary School£9,036
#8Waterville Primary School£9,016
#9Balliol Primary School£8,747
#10Ivy Road Primary School£8,279
#11Richardson Dees Primary School£7,985
#12Greenfields Community Primary School£7,619
#13Collingwood Primary School£7,606
#14Bailey Green Primary School£7,567
#15Coquet Park First School£7,533
#16Shiremoor Primary School£7,362
#17Forest Hall Primary School£7,279
#18Christ Church CofE Primary School£7,228
#19Marine Park First School£7,164
#20Stephenson Memorial Primary School£7,095
#21Fordley Primary School£7,010
#22St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend£6,993
#23Appletree Gardens First School£6,951
#24Battle Hill Primary School£6,937
#25Spring Gardens Primary School£6,906
#26St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend£6,800
#27Whitley Lodge First School£6,786
#28Denbigh Community Primary School£6,783
#29St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)£6,728
#30Hazlewood Community Primary School£6,711
#31St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats£6,702
#32Western Community Primary School£6,695
#33Wallsend Jubilee Primary School£6,580
#34Preston Grange Primary School£6,550
#35New York Primary School£6,441
#36Cullercoats Primary School£6,421
#37Redesdale Primary School£6,350
#38St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle£6,346
#39Holystone Primary School£6,300
#40Backworth Park Primary School£6,232
#41Benton Dene Primary School£6,208
#42Amberley Primary School£6,145
#43King Edward Primary School£6,104
#44Langley First School£6,049
#45St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall£6,036
#46St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields£6,029
#47South Wellfield First School£6,015
#48Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay£6,009
#49Hadrian Park Primary School£5,986
#50Westmoor Primary School£5,923
#51Rockcliffe First School£5,906
#52St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend£5,816
#53Southridge First School£5,783
#54St Peter's Church of England Primary School£4,510

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