Gateshead schools and admissions data

Gateshead Borough Council has 78 primary schools and 18 secondary schools. 9% of Gateshead's schools are private schools. 54 state schools in Gateshead follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 29 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Gateshead

  1. Outstanding 26
  2. Good 49
  3. Requires Improvement 5
  4. Inadequate 1

Most popular state schools
in Gateshead in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    River Tyne Academy Gateshead

    Academy alternative provision sponsor led • Sheriff Hill, Gateshead

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    St Peter's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Low Fell, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Rowlands Gill Community Primary School

    Community school • Rowlands Gill

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  4. 4

    Swalwell Primary School

    Community school • Swalwell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  5. 5

    Bede Community Primary School

    Community school • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Falla Park Community Primary School

    Community school • Felling, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    St Agnes' Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Crawcrook, Ryton

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Fell Dyke Community Primary School

    Community school • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  9. 9

    Larkspur Community Primary School

    Community school • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Highfield Community Primary School

    Community school • Rowlands Gill

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    South Street Community Primary School

    Community school • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  12. 12

    St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Ryton Community Infant School

    Community school • Ryton

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    The Cedars Academy

    Academy special converter • Low Fell, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Kibblesworth Academy

    Academy converter • Kibblesworth, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw

    Academy converter • Pelaw, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    St Anne's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Harlow Green, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Winlaton West Lane Community Primary School

    Community school • Winlaton, Blaydon-on-Tyne

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Eslington Primary School

    Community special school • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  20. 20

    Front Street Community Primary School

    Community school • Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  1. 1

    Heworth Grange School

    Academy sponsor led • Felling, Gateshead

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy

    Academy converter • Birtley, Chester le Street

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  3. 3

    Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School

    Community school • Dunston, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Thorp Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Ryton

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Grace College

    Academy converter • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  6. 6

    Whickham School

    Academy converter • Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Dryden School

    Community special school • Low Fell, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    Hill Top School

    Community special school • Felling, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Cardinal Hume Catholic School

    Academy converter • Beacon Lough, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    St Thomas More Catholic School

    Academy converter • Blaydon-on-Tyne

    Ofsted: Outstanding

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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