Councils · England · Gateshead
Schools in Gateshead, and the dates that matter.
Every state school in the council area — 66 primary, 9 secondary — with Gateshead’s application deadlines, offer days, and where to apply. One page, kept current from official sources.
September 2027 entry · Sources: Primary scheme (PDF) · Secondary scheme (PDF)
Primary · Reception 2027
15 January 2027
National deadline. Offers arrive 16 April. We suggest submitting by 8 January to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on Gateshead’s portal →Verify the exact date on the council’s scheme →Secondary · Year 7 2027
31 October 2026
National deadline. Offers arrive 1 March. Grammar tests, where they apply, happen even earlier. We suggest submitting by 24 October to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on Gateshead’s portal →Verify the exact date on the council’s scheme →01 / EVERY SCHOOL IN GATESHEAD
Find your shortlist.
All 90state and independent schools in the council area, straight from the Department for Education’s register. Open any school for admissions details, Ofsted history and open days.
Primary · 66
Barley Mow Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Chester le Street
Ofsted · Good
Bede Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Bill Quay Primary School
Community school · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Birtley East Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Birtley
Ofsted · Good
Blaydon West Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Blaydon-on-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
Brandling Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Brighton Avenue Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Outstanding
Caedmon Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Carr Hill Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Chopwell Primary School
Community school · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
Clover Hill Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Outstanding
Crookhill Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Ryton
Ofsted · Good
Dunston Hill Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Emmaville Primary School
Community school · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Ryton
Ofsted · Outstanding
Falla Park Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Fell Dyke Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Fellside Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
Front Street Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ofsted · Outstanding
Glynwood Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Not judged
Greenside Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Ryton
Ofsted · Outstanding
Harlow Green Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
High Spen Primary School
Community school · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Rowlands Gill
Ofsted · Good
Highfield Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Rowlands Gill
Ofsted · Good
Kells Lane Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Kelvin Grove Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Kibblesworth Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Larkspur Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Not judged
Lingey House Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Lobley Hill Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Oakfield Infant School
Academy converter · Ages 4-7 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Oakfield Junior School
Academy converter · Ages 7-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Parkhead Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Blaydon-on-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
Portobello Primary School
Community school · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Chester le Street
Ofsted · Good
Ravensworth Terrace Primary School
Community school · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Chester le Street
Ofsted · Good
Riverside Primary Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Roman Road Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Rowlands Gill Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Rowlands Gill
Ofsted · Good
Ryton Community Infant School
Community school · Ages 2-7 · Mixed · Ryton
Ofsted · Good
Ryton Junior School
Community school · Ages 7-11 · Mixed · Ryton
Ofsted · Not judged
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
South Street Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Ryton
Ofsted · Good
St Aidan's Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley
Academy converter · Ages 5-7 · Mixed · Chester le Street
Ofsted · Good
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley
Academy converter · Ages 7-11 · Mixed · Chester le Street
Ofsted · Outstanding
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Blaydon-on-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield
Voluntary aided school · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Rowlands Gill
Ofsted · Good
St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Blaydon-on-Tyne
Ofsted · Not judged
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Not judged
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Swalwell Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
The Drive Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Wardley Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Washingwell Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ofsted · Not judged
West Lane Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Blaydon-on-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
White Mere Community Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Windy Nook Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Secondary · 9
Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Outstanding
Grace College
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Heworth Grange School
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Not judged
Kingsmeadow Community School
Community school · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Chester le Street
Ofsted · Good
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Blaydon-on-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
Thorp Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Ryton
Ofsted · Good
Whickham School
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ofsted · Good
XP Gateshead
Free schools · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Felling
Ofsted · Not judged
Special & other · 15
Ateres Girls High School
Other independent school · Ages 11-16 · Girls · Gateshead
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Dryden School
Community special school · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Outstanding
Emmanuel College
City technology college · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Not judged
Eslington Primary School
Community special school · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Outstanding
Furrowfield School
Community special school · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Gateshead College
Further education · Ages 16-99 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Gateshead Jewish Boarding School
Other independent school · Ages 10-16 · Boys · Gateshead
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Gateshead Jewish Nursery School
Other independent school · Ages 2-5 · Girls · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Gibside School
Community special school · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Outstanding
Haskel School
Other independent special school · Ages 5-25 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Hill Top School
Community special school · Ages 11-19 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
Keser Girls School
Other independent school · Ages 5-11 · Girls
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Keser Torah Boys' School
Other independent school · Ages 5-11 · Boys · Gateshead
Ofsted · Requires improvement
The Cedars Academy
Academy special converter · Ages 3-19 · Mixed · Gateshead
Ofsted · Good
The Gateshead Cheder Primary School
Other independent school · Ages 3-16 · Boys · Gateshead
Ofsted · Requires improvement
02 / HOW APPLYING WORKS HERE
One form, through Gateshead.
If you live in Gateshead, you apply through the council’s own portal — even for schools in another council’s area.
Preferences
List as many schools as the form allows — you’ll see the limit when you start your application. Rank in your true order; schools never see it.
Own-criteria schools
Some Gateshead secondaries are academies or faith schools that set their own entry criteria — check each school’s page for extra forms before the deadline.
Plain-English guides
Primary admissions, explained
The 15 January deadline and how Reception offers work.
Secondary admissions, explained
The 31 October deadline and the traps that come earlier.
How school appeals work
Your right to appeal, and honest odds of success.
Waiting lists, explained
How they're ordered, and why positions move both ways.
03 / NEARBY
Looking across the border?
Families near Gateshead often also shortlist schools in these neighbouring council areas.