Ravensworth Terrace Primary School
General Information
- Address: Mount Pleasant Road, Birtley, Chester le Street, DH3 1AY – View on map
- Phone: 01914334200
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Andrew Ramanandi
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 44 families put it first for 45 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 45 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 84
- % eligible for free school meals: 23.2%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Gateshead average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.9% a year (Gateshead 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 58% moved to another school, 42% 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
Across Gateshead: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 3 (0.2 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 Gateshead, 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: 4.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 16 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 14 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
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: 4 percentage points below the Gateshead average (64%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 66% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 63% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 60 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
Year 6 SATs: joint 40th of 62 junior and primary schools in the area
- =40Chopwell Primary School60%
- =40Dunston Hill Community Primary School60%
- =40Ravensworth Terrace Primary School60%
- #43Birtley East Community Primary School59%
- =44Barley Mow Primary School57%
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28th of 49 primary schools in Gateshead for Ofsted rating
- #26Parkhead Community Primary SchoolGood
- #27Portobello Primary SchoolGood
- #28Ravensworth Terrace Primary SchoolGood
- #29Riverside Primary AcademyGood
- #30Roman Road Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,951 (2024-25)
50th of 60 primary schools in Gateshead for spending per pupil
- #48Emmaville Primary School£6,060
- #49Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School£5,957
- #50Ravensworth Terrace Primary School£5,951
- #51St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead£5,917
- #52Fellside Community Primary School£5,835
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