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Bensham Grove Nursery School

Sidney Grove and Carr Hill Road, Bensham and Deckham, Gateshead, NE8 2XD

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
AttendanceNot published
Attainment–
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils199

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Outstanding overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Outstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in NE8. Where we have them, council (Gateshead) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
199
Free school meals
0%
38% below district average (38%)

Also: Gateshead 27.5% · England 24%

SEN
19.5%
14.4% below district average (33.9%)

Also: Gateshead 19.7% · England 19.6%

EAL
17.2%
15.3% below district average (32.5%)
Attendance
Not published
Attainment
–

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the NE8 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

We do not have multi-year attendance or attainment figures for this school in the current DfE extracts.

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
Not published
Pupils on roll
199

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Gateshead page.

SEN support

SEN %
19.5%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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