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Dinnington First School

Sycamore Avenue, Dinnington Village, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE13 7JY

Gosforth Schools' Trust is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance97.4%
AttainmentNo KS2 at this school
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils320

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Latest visit (Feb 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, personal development and wellbeing and leadership and governance expected standard; attendance and behaviour and early years strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood

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 NE13. Where we have them, council (Newcastle upon Tyne) 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
320
Free school meals
14.8%
2.5% below district average (17.3%)

Also: Newcastle upon Tyne 40.8% · England 24.7%

SEN
15.2%
0.2% below district average (15.4%)

Also: Newcastle upon Tyne 19.6% · England 18.2%

EAL
7%
2.1% below district average (9.1%)
Attendance
97.4%
2% above district average (95.4%)

Also: Newcastle upon Tyne 94.8% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
0.8%
Attainment
No KS2 at this school

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the NE13 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2198.3%
  • 2021/2293.7%
  • 2022/2395.3%
  • 2023/2495.8%
  • 2024/2596%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
333
Pupils on roll
320

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 Newcastle upon Tyne page.

SEN support

SEN %
15.2%
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.
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