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Best primary schools in Gateshead

62 of 70 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Gateshead schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 46 of them.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Clover Hill Community Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne 93.0% Good declining about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 Fellside Community Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne 90.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon Blaydon-on-Tyne 90.0% Not judged about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham Newcastle-upon-Tyne 90.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green Gateshead 85.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Blaydon West Primary School Blaydon-on-Tyne 83.0% Good improving about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Greenside Primary School Ryton hidden gem 83.0% Outstanding improving about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Front Street Community Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne 82.0% Outstanding improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook Ryton 82.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 St Aidan's Church of England Primary School Gateshead 81.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Brighton Avenue Primary School Gateshead 80.0% Not judged improving about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 Ryton Junior School Ryton 80.0% Not judged — approximate
13 St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield Rowlands Gill 80.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell Gateshead 80.0% Good oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne 80.0% Good declining about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Gateshead 79.0% Outstanding oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 South Street Community Primary School Gateshead hidden gem 76.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley Chester le Street 76.0% Not judged — approximate
19 Emmaville Primary School Ryton 75.0% Not judged improving about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 Caedmon Community Primary School Gateshead 74.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor Newcastle-upon-Tyne 74.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Bill Quay Primary School Gateshead 72.0% Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 High Spen Primary School Rowlands Gill hidden gem 71.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 Kibblesworth Academy Gateshead 71.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 Portobello Primary School Chester le Street 71.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Brandling Primary School Gateshead 70.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
27 Crookhill Community Primary School Ryton 70.0% Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
28 Wardley Primary School Gateshead 70.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
29 Carr Hill Community Primary School Gateshead 69.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
30 Riverside Primary Academy Gateshead hidden gem 68.0% Good declining about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
31 St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston Gateshead 68.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Falla Park Community Primary School Gateshead 67.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
33 Windy Nook Primary School Gateshead 67.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
34 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon Blaydon-on-Tyne 66.0% Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Lobley Hill Primary School Gateshead 65.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
36 Harlow Green Community Primary School Gateshead 64.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
37 St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Gateshead 64.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 Kells Lane Primary School Gateshead 62.0% Good declining about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
39 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Gateshead 62.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
40 Chopwell Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne 60.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
41 Dunston Hill Community Primary School Gateshead 60.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
42 Ravensworth Terrace Primary School Chester le Street 60.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
43 Birtley East Community Primary School Birtley 59.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
44 Barley Mow Primary School Chester le Street hidden gem 57.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
45 Highfield Community Primary School Rowlands Gill 57.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
46 Roman Road Primary School Gateshead hidden gem 57.0% Good undersubscribed 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
47 Washingwell Community Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne 57.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
48 Bede Community Primary School Gateshead hidden gem 56.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
49 Glynwood Community Primary School Gateshead 56.0% Not judged improving about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
50 St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton Gateshead 56.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
51 Fell Dyke Community Primary School Gateshead 55.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
52 The Drive Community Primary School Gateshead hidden gem 55.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
53 Swalwell Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne 54.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
54 West Lane Primary School Blaydon-on-Tyne 53.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
55 White Mere Community Primary School Gateshead 53.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
56 Rowlands Gill Community Primary School Rowlands Gill 52.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
57 Kelvin Grove Community Primary School Gateshead hidden gem 48.0% Good undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
58 Lingey House Primary School Gateshead 47.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
59 Larkspur Community Primary School Gateshead 42.0% Not judged declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
60 St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw Gateshead 41.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
61 Parkhead Community Primary School Blaydon-on-Tyne 40.0% Good improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
62 St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Gateshead 39.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Gateshead

8 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Gateshead, not a fairer one.

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