Schools in Gateshead
There are 83 state-funded and grammar schools in Gateshead. 7 are rated Outstanding and 52 Good by Ofsted. Each listing shows the year groups, Ofsted rating and how admissions work.
Applying for a place in Gateshead
- Starting secondary school (Year 7) in September 2027: applications close on 31 October 2026. Offers are sent on 1 March 2027.
- Starting Reception in September 2027: applications close on 15 January 2027. Offers are sent on 16 April 2027.
- You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in a different area, and late applications are considered after on-time ones.
All schools in Gateshead, by town
Birtley
- Birtley East Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · DH3 1QQ
No rating on record
Blaydon-on-Tyne
- Blaydon West Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE21 4PY
Ofsted: Good - Parkhead Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE21 6LT
Ofsted: Good - St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon
Nursery - Year 6 · NE21 4BG
Ofsted: Good - St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon
Nursery - Year 6 · NE21 4NE
Ofsted: Not judged - St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
Year 7 - Year 13 · NE21 4BQ
Ofsted: Good - West Lane Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE21 6PH
Ofsted: Good
Chester le Street
- Barley Mow Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · DH3 2DJ
Ofsted: Good - Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · DH3 2LP
Ofsted: Good - Portobello Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · DH3 2LY
Ofsted: Good - Ravensworth Terrace Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · DH3 1AY
Ofsted: Good - St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley
Year 1 - Year 2 · DH3 1LU
No rating on record - St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley
Year 3 - Year 6 · DH3 2PN
Ofsted: Not judged
Felling
- XP Gateshead
Year 7 - Year 11 · NE10 9UZ
Ofsted: Not judged
Gateshead
- Bede Community Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · NE10 0DJ
No rating on record - Bensham Grove Nursery School
NE8 2XD
Ofsted: Outstanding - Bill Quay Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE10 0UN
Ofsted: Good - Brandling Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE10 0JB
Ofsted: Good - Brighton Avenue Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE8 1XS
Ofsted: Not judged - Caedmon Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE8 4LH
Ofsted: Good - Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
Year 7 - Year 13 · NE9 6RZ
Ofsted: Outstanding - Carr Hill Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE9 5NB
Ofsted: Good - Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead
Nursery - Year 6 · NE8 4QL
Ofsted: Outstanding - Dryden School
Year 7 - Year 13 · NE9 5UR
No rating on record - Dunston Hill Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE11 9NX
Ofsted: Good - Eslington Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · NE8 2EP
Ofsted: Outstanding - Falla Park Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE10 9HP
No rating on record - Fell Dyke Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE9 7AA
Ofsted: Good - Furrowfield School
Year 7 - Year 11 · NE10 9RZ
Ofsted: Good - Gibside School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE8 4DE
Ofsted: Outstanding - Glynwood Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE9 5SY
Ofsted: Not judged - Grace College
Year 7 - Year 13 · NE9 6LE
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Harlow Green Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE9 7TB
Ofsted: Good - Heworth Grange School
Year 7 - Year 11 · NE10 0PT
Ofsted: Not judged - Hill Top School
NE10 8LT
Ofsted: Good - Kells Lane Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE9 5HX
Ofsted: Good - Kelvin Grove Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE8 4UN
No rating on record - Kibblesworth Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · NE11 0XP
Ofsted: Good - Kingsmeadow Community School
Year 7 - Year 13 · NE11 9NX
Ofsted: Good - Larkspur Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE9 6SS
Ofsted: Not judged - Lingey House Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE10 8DN
Ofsted: Good - Lobley Hill Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE11 0AT
No rating on record - Oakfield Infant School
Reception - Year 2 · NE9 6JH
Ofsted: Good - Oakfield Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · NE9 6JH
Ofsted: Good - River Tyne Academy Gateshead
Year 4 - Year 11 · NE9 5PQ
Ofsted: Good - Riverside Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · NE11 9DX
Ofsted: Good - Roman Road Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE10 8SA
Ofsted: Good - South Street Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE8 4BB
Ofsted: Good - St Aidan's Church of England Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE8 2HQ
Ofsted: Good - St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw
Nursery - Year 6 · NE10 0QY
Ofsted: Good - St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green
Reception - Year 6 · NE9 7HX
Ofsted: Good - St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead
Nursery - Year 6 · NE10 8PP
Ofsted: Good - St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead
Reception - Year 6 · NE8 1LR
Ofsted: Good - St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton
Nursery - Year 6 · NE9 7LH
Ofsted: Not judged - St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell
Reception - Year 6 · NE9 5TU
Ofsted: Good - St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston
Reception - Year 6 · NE8 2QU
Ofsted: Good - St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead
Nursery - Year 6 · NE10 0DJ
No rating on record - The Cedars Academy
NE9 6QD
Ofsted: Good - The Drive Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE10 0PY
Ofsted: Good - Wardley Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE10 8TX
No rating on record - White Mere Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE10 8BA
Ofsted: Good - Windy Nook Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE10 9BD
Ofsted: Good
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Chopwell Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE17 7HS
Ofsted: Good - Clover Hill Community Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · NE16 5SJ
Ofsted: Good - Fellside Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE16 5AY
Ofsted: Good - Front Street Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE16 4AY
Ofsted: Outstanding - Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor
Reception - Year 6 · NE16 6NU
Ofsted: Good - St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham
Reception - Year 6 · NE16 4HB
No rating on record - Swalwell Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE16 3HZ
Ofsted: Good - Washingwell Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE16 4RB
Ofsted: Not judged - Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · NE16 5QW
Ofsted: Good - Whickham School
Year 7 - Year 13 · NE16 5AR
Ofsted: Not judged
Rowlands Gill
- High Spen Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE39 2BQ
Ofsted: Good - Highfield Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE39 2JE
Ofsted: Good - Rowlands Gill Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE39 2PP
Ofsted: Good - St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield
Reception - Year 6 · NE39 2JE
Ofsted: Good
Ryton
- Crookhill Community Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · NE40 3ES
Ofsted: Good - Emmaville Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE40 4ND
Ofsted: Not judged - Greenside Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · NE40 4AX
Ofsted: Outstanding - Ryton Community Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · NE40 3AF
Ofsted: Good - Ryton Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · NE40 3AF
Ofsted: Not judged - St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook
Reception - Year 6 · NE40 4UN
No rating on record - Thorp Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · NE40 3AH
Ofsted: Good