How many schools does Gateshead have?

OfferDay lists 93 schools in Gateshead, including 66 primary schools and nine secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Gateshead?

Every school in Gateshead is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Gateshead ranked?

OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Gateshead does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.

How many towns are in the Gateshead local authority?

OfferDay groups the Gateshead schools across eight towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

Schools in the Gateshead local authority

Gateshead has 93 schools listed on OfferDay across 8 towns.

1 nursery school · 66 primary schools · 9 secondary schools · 1 sixth form or college · 8 special and alternative provision schools · 8 independent schools

About schools in Gateshead

Gateshead lists 93 schools, most of them primary schools. Its nine secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25: 64%; of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 65 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25: 46.1; average Attainment 8 score, across the 10 schools with published results

Top schools in Gateshead

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

1 Clover Hill Community Primary School 93%
2 St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham 90%
3 St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon 90%
4 Fellside Community Primary School 90%
5 St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green 85%
6 Blaydon West Primary School 83%
7 Greenside Primary School 83%
8 St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook 82%

Secondary

1 Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead 53.2
2 Whickham School 53.0
3 St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon 51.9
4 Thorp Academy 47.2
5 Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy 46.6
6 Grace College 42.9
7 Kingsmeadow Community School 42.9
8 Heworth Grange School 36.4

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Gateshead.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Keser Girls School
Other independent school · Ages 5 to 11 · Girls

Common questions about schools in Gateshead

How many schools does Gateshead have?: OfferDay lists 93 schools in Gateshead, including 66 primary schools and nine secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Gateshead?: Every school in Gateshead is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Gateshead ranked?: OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Gateshead does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Gateshead local authority?: OfferDay groups the Gateshead schools across eight towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.