St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)
General Information
- Address: Goathland Avenue, Longbenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 8FA – View on map
- Phone: 01916250870
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Richard Restall
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 30 places – 10 for every 10 places. 94% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 46
- % eligible for free school meals: 24.0%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the North Tyneside average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 3.2% a year (North Tyneside 9.3%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
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: 7.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 33.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 42 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 35% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 30 percentage points below the North Tyneside average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 54% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 58% · Writing 38% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 62%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 104
- Based on: 26 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: 44th of 46 junior and primary schools in the area
- =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%
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28th of 41 primary schools in North Tyneside for Ofsted rating
- #26South Wellfield First SchoolGood
- #27Southridge First SchoolGood
- #28St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)Good
- #29St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, WallsendGood
- #30St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North ShieldsGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,728 (2024-25)
29th of 54 primary schools in North Tyneside for spending per pupil
- #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
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