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Spring Gardens Primary School

Primary school in North Shields, North Tyneside. Requires improvement (Dec 2021).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 8 December 2021, report published 15 February 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to Spring Gardens Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Spring Gardens Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around June 2024

The last inspection was in December 2021. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

  1. 0.3 milesSt Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields

    Primary, North Shields, North Tyneside

    Standards maintained (Jan 2025)

  2. 0.3 milesChrist Church CofE Primary School

    Primary, North Shields, North Tyneside

    Good (Nov 2022)

  3. 0.5 milesWaterville Primary School

    Primary, North Shields, North Tyneside

    Standards maintained (Feb 2025)

  4. 0.5 milesKing Edward Primary School

    Primary, North Tyneside

    No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jun 2025)

  5. 0.7 milesCollingwood Primary School

    Primary, North Shields, North Tyneside

    School remains Good (May 2023)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.