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Best primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne

63 of 73 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Newcastle upon Tyne 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.

54 of 73 rated Good or Outstanding
7 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Met expected standard (RWM): 67.0% (best 87.0%)

#	School	Met expected standard (RWM)	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	Throckley Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	87.0%	Not judged	about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
2	Newburn Manor Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne hidden gem	86.0%	Good	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
3	West Jesmond Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	84.0%	Not judged	oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
4	Cragside Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	83.0%	Not judged improving	undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
5	Knop Law Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	83.0%	Not judged	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
6	St Charles' Catholic Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	83.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
7	Hilton Primary Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne	80.0%	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
8	Beech Hill Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	79.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
9	Benton Park Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	79.0%	Not judged improving	about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
10	Milecastle Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	77.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
11	St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, West Denton Newcastle-upon-Tyne	77.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
12	St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	77.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
13	St Vincents Catholic Primary School, Newcastle Newcastle-upon-Tyne	77.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
14	Thomas Walling Primary Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne hidden gem	77.0%	Good improving	undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
15	Tyneview Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	77.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
16	Walbottle Village Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne hidden gem	75.0%	Good	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
17	Waverley Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	74.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
18	Farne Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	73.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
19	Ravenswood Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne	73.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
20	St Michael's Catholic Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	73.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
21	St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth Newcastle-upon-Tyne hidden gem	73.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
22	Atkinson Road Primary Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne	72.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
23	St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Heaton Newcastle-upon-Tyne	70.0%	Outstanding	about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
24	Westerhope Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	70.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
25	Hawthorn Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne hidden gem	69.0%	Good	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
26	St Paul's CofE Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	69.0%	Not judged declining	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
27	Walkergate Community School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	69.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
28	Sacred Heart Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	68.0%	Good	oversubscribed 2.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
29	St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	68.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
30	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Benwell Newcastle-upon-Tyne	68.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
31	St George's Catholic Primary School, Bells Close Newcastle-upon-Tyne	67.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
32	Stocksfield Avenue Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne hidden gem	67.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
33	Cheviot Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	66.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
34	St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Kenton Newcastle-upon-Tyne	66.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
35	St Mark's Catholic Primary School, Westerhope Newcastle-upon-Tyne	66.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
36	Christ Church CofE Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne	65.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
37	Kingston Park Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	65.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
38	Welbeck Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne	65.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
39	Bridgewater Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	64.0%	Not judged	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
40	Byker Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	64.0%	Not judged improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
41	Simonside Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne hidden gem	63.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
42	Chillingham Road Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	60.0%	Not judged declining	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
43	Wyndham Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	60.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
44	Wingrove Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	59.0%	Good	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
45	Kenton Bar Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	57.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
46	North Fawdon Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	57.0%	Not judged	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
47	Our Lady and St Anne's Catholic Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	57.0%	Good	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
48	St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle Newcastle-upon-Tyne	57.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
49	West Newcastle Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne	57.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
50	Central Walker Church of England Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	56.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
51	Westgate Hill Primary Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne	54.0%	Outstanding	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
52	English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Fenham Newcastle-upon-Tyne	52.0%	Good	about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
53	Hotspur Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	52.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
54	Lemington Riverside Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	52.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
55	St Johns Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	50.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
56	West Walker Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	50.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
57	West Denton Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	48.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
58	Canning Street Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	47.0%	Good declining	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
59	Mountfield Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne hidden gem	44.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
60	Broadwood Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	39.0%	Good	about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
61	Moorside Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	39.0%	Good declining	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
62	St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker Newcastle-upon-Tyne	37.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
63	St Catherine's Catholic Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	33.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate

Also in Newcastle upon Tyne

10 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 Newcastle upon Tyne, not a fairer one.

Archbishop Runcie CofE First School Ofsted: Not judged
Archibald First School Ofsted: Not judged
Brunton First School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
Dinnington First School Ofsted: Good
Gosforth Park First School Ofsted: Not judged
Grange First School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
Havannah First School Ofsted: Good
Newcastle Preparatory School
Regent Farm First School Ofsted: Good
South Gosforth First School Ofsted: Good

Applying in Newcastle upon Tyne

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.

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