Schools in Gateshead

About schools in Gateshead

Gateshead lists 57 schools, most of them primary schools. Its four 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

60%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 38 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

42.1

average Attainment 8 score, across the 6 schools with published results

Nursery schools1

• Bensham Grove Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 0 to 5

Primary schools37

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Bede Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Bill Quay Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Brandling Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Brighton Avenue Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Caedmon Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• Carr Hill Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Dunston Hill Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Falla Park Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Fell Dyke Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Glynwood Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Harlow Green Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• Kells Lane Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Kelvin Grove Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Kibblesworth Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Larkspur Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  42%

  expected standard
• Lingey House Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Lobley Hill Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• Oakfield Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 7

• Oakfield Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

• Riverside Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• Roman Road Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  57%

  expected standard
• South Street Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  76%

  expected standard
• Springwell Village Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• St Aidan's Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  85%

  expected standard
• St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  39%

  expected standard
• The Drive Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• Wardley Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• White Mere Community Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Windy Nook Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  67%

  expected standard

Secondary schools4

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  53.2

  Attainment 8
• Grace College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  42.9

  Attainment 8
• Heworth Grange School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  36.4

  Attainment 8
• Kingsmeadow Community School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 18

  42.9

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Gateshead College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision8

• Dryden School

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 18

• Eslington Primary School

  Community special school · Ages 5 to 11

• Furrowfield School

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 16

• Gibside School

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 11

• Haskel School

  Other independent special school · Ages 5 to 25

• Hill Top School

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 19

• River Tyne Academy Gateshead

  Academy alternative provision sponsor led · Ages 8 to 16

• The Cedars Academy

  Academy special converter · Ages 3 to 19

Independent schools6

• Ateres Girls High School

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 16 · Girls

• Emmanuel College

  City technology college · Ages 11 to 18

• Gateshead Jewish Boarding School

  Other independent school · Ages 10 to 16 · Boys

• Gateshead Jewish Nursery School

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 5 · Girls

• Keser Torah Boys' School

  Other independent school · Ages 5 to 11 · Boys

• The Gateshead Cheder Primary School

  Other independent school · Ages 3 to 16 · Boys

Common questions about schools in Gateshead

How many schools does Gateshead have?

OfferDay lists 57 schools in Gateshead, including 37 primary schools and eight special and alternative provision 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 schools in Gateshead where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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.