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Schools in North Tyneside

78 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

North Tyneside has 79 state schools: 55 primary, 11 secondary, 1 all-through, 1 nursery. Between them they teach around 30,575 pupils. 57 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.7 out of 10, and 4 score 8 or above.

12 have a sixth form. 58 take children from age three or under. 13 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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North Tyneside covers several towns — jump straight to the schools in yours.

Cramlington 15 schools North Shields 21 schools Wallsend 15 schools Whitley Bay 22 schools
Amberley Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Appletree Gardens First School Whitley Bay · Good Backworth Park Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Bailey Green Primary School Killingworth · Outstanding Battle Hill Primary School Wallsend · Good Beacon Hill School North Tyneside · Good Benton Dene Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Outstanding Benton Dene School Newcastle upon Tyne · Good Burnside College Wallsend · Good Burradon Community Primary School Cramlington · Good Carville Academy Wallsend · Not judged Christ Church CofE Primary School North Shields · Good Collingwood Primary School North Shields · Good Coquet Park First School Whitley Bay · Not judged Cullercoats Primary School North Shields · Good Denbigh Community Primary School WALLSEND · Not judged Fordley Primary School Cramlington · Not judged Forest Hall Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good George Stephenson High School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Grasmere Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Greenfields Community Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Hadrian Park Primary School Wallsend · Good Hazlewood Community Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Holystone Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Hopespring Newcastle · Outstanding Ivy Road Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne · Inadequate John Spence Community High School North Shields · Requires improvement King Edward Primary School North Tyneside · Not judged Kings Priory School North Shields · Good Langley First School Whitley Bay · Good Longbenton High School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Marden Bridge Middle School Whitley Bay · Good Marden High School North Shields · Good Marine Park First School Whitley Bay · Good Monkhouse Primary School North Shields · Good Monkseaton High School Whitley Bay · Not judged Monkseaton Middle School Whitley Bay · Good New York Primary School North Shields · Outstanding Norham High School North Shields · Good North Gosforth Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Not judged Percy Hedley Hedleys College Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Percy Hedley School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Not judged Percy Main Primary School North Shields · Good Preston Grange Primary School North Shields · Good Redesdale Primary School Wallsend · Good Richardson Dees Primary School Wallsend · Good Riverside Primary School North Shields · Requires improvement Rockcliffe First School Whitley Bay · Good Shiremoor Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good Silverdale School Wallsend · Not judged Sir James Knott Memorial Nursery School North Shields · Good South Wellfield First School Whitley Bay · Not judged Southlands School North Shields · Good Southridge First School Whitley Bay · Good Spring Gardens Primary School North Shields · Requires improvement St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend Wallsend · Good St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided) Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend Wallsend · Good St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend Wallsend · Good St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields North Shields · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields North Shields · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats North Shields · Good St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good St Peter's Church of England Primary School Wallsend · Requires improvement St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Good St Thomas More Catholic High School North Shields · Good Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay Whitley Bay · Good Stephenson Memorial Primary School Wallsend · Good Valley Gardens Middle School Whitley Bay · Not judged Wallsend Jubilee Primary School Wallsend · Good Waterville Primary School North Shields · Good Wellfield Middle School Whitley Bay · Good Western Community Primary School Wallsend · Good Westmoor Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Not judged Whitehouse Primary School North Shields · Inadequate Whitley Bay High School Whitley Bay · Outstanding Whitley Lodge First School Whitley Bay · Good Woodlawn School Whitley Bay · Good

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.

Grasmere Academy Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Shiremoor Primary School Good · ×0.74 1st prefs/place (2026/27) George Stephenson High School Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Burradon Community Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Southridge First School Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Collingwood Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Amberley Primary School Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Forest Hall Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hazlewood Community Primary School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Longbenton High School Good · ×0.91 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in North Tyneside

Primary schools: Explicit: 'pupils who live within the catchment area of the school', with sibling priority applied within the catchment category. (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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