Gateshead schools and catchments

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 3

Most popular state schools
in Gateshead in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Kells Lane Primary School

    Community school • Low Fell, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon

    Voluntary aided school • Blaydon-on-Tyne

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Burnopfield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    St Augustine's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Leam Lane, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Brandling Primary School

    Community school • Felling, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Clover Hill Community Primary School

    Community school • Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Blaydon-on-Tyne

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    Bede Community Primary School

    Community school • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Caedmon Community Primary School

    Community school • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley

    Voluntary aided school • Birtley, Chester le Street

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    St Agnes' Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Crawcrook, Ryton

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Fell Dyke Community Primary School

    Community school • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  14. 14

    Ravensworth Terrace Primary School

    Community school • Birtley, Chester le Street

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  15. 15

    Dunston Hill Community Primary School

    Community school • Dunston, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St Peter's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Low Fell, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Swalwell Primary School

    Community school • Swalwell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  18. 18

    Highfield Community Primary School

    Community school • Rowlands Gill

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    St Alban's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Pelaw, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    St Anne's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Harlow Green, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Cardinal Hume Catholic School

    Academy converter • Beacon Lough, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    St Thomas More Catholic School

    Academy converter • Blaydon-on-Tyne

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Emmanuel College

    City technology college • Lobley Hill, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School

    Community school • Dunston, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Whickham School

    Academy converter • Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Thorp Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Ryton

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Grace College

    Academy converter • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  8. 8

    Heworth Grange School

    Academy sponsor led • Felling, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  9. 9

    Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy

    Academy converter • Birtley, Chester le Street

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  10. 10

    Dryden School

    Community special school • Low Fell, Gateshead

    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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