New York Primary School

About New York Primary School

New York Primary School, a state primary in North Tyneside, received an Outstanding rating in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, with every single category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — all judged Outstanding. That clean sweep is rare, and it backs up a strong academic story. The school’s key metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2, which sits at 82%. That is a full 20 percentage points above the North Tyneside local authority average of 62%, and it places New York Primary first out of 38 primary schools in the borough. Nationally, it ranks in the top 9% of all primary schools, and in the North East region it sits 59th out of 677. The school also holds a top-10 ranking tier for its performance.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the school’s strength is particularly clear in reading and maths. 92% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, and 89% did so in maths, while 82% hit the expected standard in writing. At the higher standard, 53% of pupils achieved above the expected level in reading, and 47% did so in maths, though the combined higher standard for reading, writing and maths drops to 11%, reflecting the tougher writing threshold. Average scaled scores were 108 in both reading and maths, comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. The school has no progress scores published for the current cohort, so it is not possible to compare how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points, but the raw attainment figures are clearly well above local norms. Ofsted’s inspection report, published in September 2024, will likely provide more detail on how the school achieves these outcomes.

New York Primary is a larger-than-average school, with 397 pupils against a capacity of 315, and it is oversubscribed: for 2025/26, there were 63 applications for 45 places, with 48 first-preference applications and 45 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.4. The school has a nursery provision for children from age 2, and it caters for a wide range of special educational needs, including support for dyslexia, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder, hearing impairment, physical disability, and social, emotional and mental health needs. Facilities include an ICT suite, art studios, a sports hall, playing fields and a chapel. Sports on offer include football, athletics, cricket, gymnastics, swimming and tennis, while clubs range from art and gardening to drama, film, science and coding. With 39.1% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a diverse intake, and its Outstanding rating and strong results make it a highly sought-after option for families in the area.

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