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Gateshead has 83 state schools: 66 primary, 9 secondary, 1 nursery. Between them they teach around 27,000 pupils. 70 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.3 out of 10, and 7 score 8 or above.

11 have a sixth form. 50 take children from age three or under. 21 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Chester le Street 21 schools
Ateres Girls High School Gateshead · Requires improvement Barley Mow Primary School Chester le Street · Good Bede Community Primary School Gateshead · Good Bensham Grove Nursery School Gateshead · Outstanding Bill Quay Primary School Gateshead · Good Birtley East Community Primary School Birtley · Good Blaydon West Primary School Blaydon-on-Tyne · Good Brandling Primary School Gateshead · Good Brighton Avenue Primary School Gateshead · Not judged Caedmon Community Primary School Gateshead · Good Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead Gateshead · Outstanding Carr Hill Community Primary School Gateshead · Good Chopwell Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Clover Hill Community Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Gateshead · Outstanding Crookhill Community Primary School Ryton · Good Dryden School Gateshead · Outstanding Dunston Hill Community Primary School Gateshead · Good Emmanuel College Gateshead Emmaville Primary School Ryton · Not judged Eslington Primary School Gateshead · Outstanding Falla Park Community Primary School Gateshead · Good Fell Dyke Community Primary School Gateshead · Good Fellside Community Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Front Street Community Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Outstanding Furrowfield School Gateshead · Good Gateshead College Gateshead · Good Gateshead Jewish Boarding School Gateshead · Requires improvement Gateshead Jewish Nursery School Gateshead · Requires improvement Gibside School Gateshead · Outstanding Glynwood Community Primary School Gateshead · Not judged Grace College Gateshead · Requires improvement Greenside Primary School Ryton · Outstanding Harlow Green Community Primary School Gateshead · Good Heworth Grange School Gateshead · Not judged High Spen Primary School Rowlands Gill · Good Highfield Community Primary School Rowlands Gill · Good Hill Top School Gateshead · Good Kells Lane Primary School Gateshead · Good Kelvin Grove Community Primary School Gateshead · Good Keser Girls School · Good Keser Torah Boys' School Gateshead · Requires improvement Kibblesworth Academy Gateshead · Good Kingsmeadow Community School Gateshead · Good Larkspur Community Primary School Gateshead · Not judged Liberty School Newcastle-upon-Tyne Lingey House Primary School Gateshead · Good Lobley Hill Primary School Gateshead · Good Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy Chester le Street · Good Oakfield Infant School Gateshead · Good Oakfield Junior School Gateshead · Good Parkhead Community Primary School Blaydon-on-Tyne · Good Portobello Primary School Chester le Street · Good Ravensworth Terrace Primary School Chester le Street · Good Riverside Primary Academy Gateshead · Good Roman Road Primary School Gateshead · Good Rowlands Gill Community Primary School Rowlands Gill · Good Ryton Community Infant School Ryton · Good Ryton Junior School Ryton · Not judged Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good South Street Community Primary School Gateshead · Good St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook Ryton · Good St Aidan's Church of England Primary School Gateshead · Good St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw Gateshead · Good St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green Gateshead · Good St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Gateshead · Good St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley Chester le Street · Good St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley Chester le Street · Not judged St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon Blaydon-on-Tyne · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Gateshead · Good St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield Rowlands Gill · Good St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon Blaydon-on-Tyne · Not judged St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton Gateshead · Not judged St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell Gateshead · Good St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston Gateshead · Good St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon Blaydon-on-Tyne · Good St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Gateshead · Good Swalwell Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good The Cedars Academy Gateshead · Good The Drive Community Primary School Gateshead · Good The Gateshead Cheder Primary School Gateshead · Requires improvement Thorp Academy Ryton · Good Wardley Primary School Gateshead · Good Washingwell Community Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Not judged West Lane Primary School Blaydon-on-Tyne · Good Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Whickham School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Not judged White Mere Community Primary School Gateshead · Good Windy Nook Primary School Gateshead · Good XP Gateshead Felling · Not judged

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Kelvin Grove Community Primary School Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Kingsmeadow Community School Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Roman Road Primary School Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Thorp Academy Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Barley Mow Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) High Spen Primary School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) South Street Community Primary School Good · ×0.9 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Riverside Primary Academy Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The Drive Community Primary School Good · ×0.92 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Bede Community Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Gateshead

Primary schools: LA has a dedicated 'School catchment areas' page; catchment is the first oversubscription priority for community primary schools. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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