Primary school in Wallsend, North Tyneside
Carville Academy
The Avenue, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 6AX
Ofsted
Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 16 September 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Places
- 314
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for North Tyneside 030E, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 24%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 26%
- Households owning their home
- 38%
- Households in social housing
- 36%
- Households with no car
- 51%
- Adults economically inactive
- 44%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Rob Harker
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Ward
- Wallsend Central
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- URN
- 150961
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Community Primary SchoolFoundation school | Good 2024 | 76% | 0.4 mi |
| St Columba's Catholic Primary School, WallsendAcademy converter | No grade | 48% | 0.6 mi |
| Richardson Dees Primary SchoolFoundation school | Good 2022 | 52% | 0.6 mi |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, WalkerAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 37% | 0.7 mi |
| Walkergate Community SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 69% | 0.9 mi |
| Tyneview Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 77% | 0.9 mi |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Requires improvement 2023 | — | 1 mi |
| St Aloysius Catholic Infant School, HebburnAcademy converter | No grade | — | 1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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