Lingey House Primary School

About Lingey House Primary School

Lingey House Primary School is a state-funded, mixed primary school in Gateshead, North East England, for children aged 3 to 11. It sits within a local authority that contains 66 primary schools, six of which hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. Lingey House itself is currently rated Good overall, following its most recent graded inspection in February 2024. In the Gateshead rankings based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the school places 41st out of 61, placing it in the bottom half of the authority. The top-performing peers in the area include St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon, Clover Hill Community Primary School, and St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead, about 4.6 kilometres away. Headteacher Chloe Wilkinson leads a school with 453 pupils, operating slightly below its capacity of 524.

Academically, Lingey House’s Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 60% of pupils achieved the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is just below the Gateshead local authority average of 64%. Reading is a relative strength, with 91% of pupils reaching the expected standard and 40% achieving a higher standard. In maths, 83% met the expected level and 33% reached the higher standard. Writing is weaker, with 64% at the expected level and only 7% at the higher standard. Just 5% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. The school’s Ofsted report highlights Outstanding ratings for personal development and for behaviour and attitudes. Leadership and management, quality of education, and early years provision are all rated Good. The previous inspection in 2009 rated the school Outstanding overall, so the current Good rating represents a change in the school’s trajectory.

The school offers a nursery provision and a range of facilities including an outdoor playground, library, gymnasium, forest school, dining hall and chapel. Sports on offer include rounders, swimming, gymnastics and dance, while clubs cover coding, chess, gardening, choir and art club. The school’s SEND provisions are broad, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. For the 2025/26 admissions cycle, the school was oversubscribed: 102 applications were received for 58 places, with 57 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.76. This suggests strong local demand. Lingey House would suit families in Gateshead who value a school with strong pastoral care and behaviour, a broad range of extracurricular activities, and a nursery on site, but who are comfortable with academic outcomes that sit slightly below the local average.

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