Colegate Community Primary School
Colegate West, Leam Lane Estate, Gateshead, NE10 9AH
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs H Gladstone
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 146
- URN
- 108375
- Local authority
- Gateshead
About this school
Colegate Community Primary School was a community primary school in Gateshead. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 146 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Colegate Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 19 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 55% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 36% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | +7.00 | - |
| Writing progress | +3.10 | - |
| Maths progress | +3.50 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Colegate Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Gateshead average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42% | 61.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 61.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 152 |
| 2023/24 | 146 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Colegate Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9.4% | 61.2% | 146 | — |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead | 64% | 4.1% | 38.2% | 320 | 0.3 miles |
| The Drive Community Primary School | 55% | 6.4% | 56.7% | 213 | 0.4 miles |
| Windy Nook Primary School | 67% | 5.2% | 32.4% | 332 | 0.5 miles |
| Lingey House Primary School | 47% | 6% | 32.1% | 450 | 0.6 miles |
| Roman Road Primary School | 57% | 6.8% | 48.2% | 210 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 61.2%
- English as an additional language
- 11%
- Overall absence
- 9.4%
- Persistent absence
- 30.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead0.3 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
The Drive Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
Windy Nook Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
Lingey House Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Gateshead
-
Roman Road Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Gateshead
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- Bede Community Primary School Primary
- Bill Quay Primary School Primary
- Brandling Primary School Primary
- Brighton Avenue Primary School Primary
- Caedmon Community Primary School Primary
- Carr Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Primary
- Dunston Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Falla Park Community Primary School Primary
- Fell Dyke Community Primary School Primary
- Glynwood Community Primary School Primary
- Harlow Green Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Colegate Community Primary School teach?
- Colegate Community Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Gateshead.
- Has Colegate Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Colegate Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Colegate Community Primary School?
- Colegate Community Primary School had 146 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Colegate Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 55% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Colegate Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Colegate Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 13 February 2025.