Gateshead schools and admissions data

Gateshead Borough Council has 77 primary schools and 19 secondary schools. 8% of Gateshead's schools are private schools. 54 state schools in Gateshead follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 30 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Gateshead

  1. Outstanding 18
  2. Good 55
  3. Requires Improvement 7
  4. Inadequate 2

Most popular state schools
in Gateshead in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Highfield Community Primary School

    Community school • Rowlands Gill

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Clover Hill Community Primary School

    Community school • Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Fellside Community Primary School

    Community school • Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Kells Lane Primary School

    Community school • Low Fell, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead

    Academy converter • Leam Lane, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Bill Quay Primary School

    Community school • Bill Quay, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Glynwood Community Primary School

    Community school • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Dunston Hill Community Primary School

    Community school • Dunston, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor

    Academy converter • Burnopfield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  11. 11

    Carr Hill Community Primary School

    Community school • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    Larkspur Community Primary School

    Community school • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Portobello Primary School

    Community school • Birtley, Chester le Street

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    High Spen Primary School

    Community school • High Spen, Rowlands Gill

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    The Drive Community Primary School

    Community school • Felling, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    White Mere Community Primary School

    Community school • Wardley, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Crookhill Community Primary School

    Community school • Ryton

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Colegate Community Primary School

    Community school • Leam Lane Estate, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  19. 19

    Roman Road Primary School

    Community school • Felling, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  20. 20

    Chopwell Primary School

    Community school • Chopwell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead

    Academy converter • Beacon Lough, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon

    Academy converter • Blaydon-on-Tyne

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School

    Community school • Dunston, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Grace College

    Academy converter • Gateshead

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  5. 5

    Emmanuel College

    City technology college • Lobley Hill, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Thorp Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Ryton

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Whickham School

    Academy converter • Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy

    Academy converter • Birtley, Chester le Street

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Heworth Grange School

    Academy sponsor led • Felling, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  10. 10

    Furrowfield School

    Community special school • Felling, Gateshead

    Ofsted: Good

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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