Ravenswood Primary School

About Ravenswood Primary School

Ravenswood Primary School sits within Newcastle upon Tyne’s state primary landscape, where it ranks 24th out of 55 schools of its type in the local authority. That places it comfortably in the top half of the city’s primaries, though it sits behind a cluster of high-performing Catholic schools nearby — St Oswald’s in Gosforth, St Vincent’s in Newcastle, and St Charles’ — which occupy the top three spots locally. The school is a mixed, non-denominational state primary for children aged 3 to 11, with a nursery on site and a current roll of 613 pupils against a capacity of 690. Headteacher Reuben Anderson leads a school that has held a Good rating from Ofsted across both its most recent graded inspection in 2014 and its ungraded inspection in 2023, which confirmed the school remains Good. The nearest school rated Outstanding is St Teresa’s Catholic Primary in Heaton, about 0.8 kilometres away.

Academically, Ravenswood performs slightly above the local authority average at Key Stage 2. In the 2023/24 results, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a Newcastle upon Tyne average of 63%. The school’s ranking score of 66 places it in the top 50% nationally and regionally, though it is not among the very highest performers in the city. Individual subject scores show 78% of pupils met the expected standard in maths, with an average scaled score of 106, while reading saw 76% at expected and an average score of 105. Writing had the highest expected rate at 81%. At the higher standard, 15% of pupils achieved the top level across all three subjects, with maths leading at 39%, followed by reading at 30% and writing at 26%. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points.

Ravenswood is a popular school, oversubscribed for 2025/26 with 171 applications for 61 places — a ratio of 2.8 applicants per place. Of those, 57 were first-preference applications, and all 57 received an offer. The school offers a broad range of facilities including playing fields, an outdoor playground, an ICT suite, a sensory room, a forest school area and a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, dance, swimming and netball, while clubs extend to science, eco, art and coding. SEND provision covers eight categories from dyslexia and moderate learning difficulties to autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language needs, and hearing or visual impairments. This combination of solid results, clear oversubscription, and wide-ranging support makes Ravenswood a practical choice for families in central Newcastle who want an inclusive primary with good local standing.

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