Schools in Gateshead
92 schools in the Gateshead local authority.
Schools
92
Open schools
Pupils
30,087
2025–26 census
Good or better
92%
72 of 78 graded
Academic Performance
5.3
out of 10 · 90 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 8 10%
- Good
- 64 82%
- Requires improvement
- 6 8%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
4 inspected since 2024, no overall grade5 superseded by a report card10 not judged
5.3
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 90 of 92 schools that can be scored
Pupils
30,087
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 91 of 92 schools (30,087 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
81%Asian
4%Black
5%Mixed
3%Chinese
<1%Any other group
4%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 84 of 92 schools (28,546 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 29.7%
- First language not English
- 14.1%
- Young carers
- 1.0%
8,473 of 28,546 pupils · 84 of 92 schools
4,019 of 28,546 pupils · 84 of 92 schools
292 of 28,347 pupils · 83 of 92 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 67
- Secondary
- 10
- Special
- 6
- Nursery
- 1
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 7
Top primary schools in Gateshead
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, GatesheadGateshead · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Front Street Community Primary SchoolGateshead · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 3.Greenside Primary SchoolGateshead · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 4.St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, BlaydonGateshead · Primary9.0/10
- 5.St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, CrawcrookGateshead · Primary8.9/10Good
- 6.St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, BirtleyGateshead · Primary8.9/10
- 7.St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, DunstonGateshead · Primary8.9/10Good
- 8.Clover Hill Community Primary SchoolGateshead · Primary8.8/10Good
- 9.Kibblesworth AcademyGateshead · Primary8.7/10Good
- 10.St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low FellGateshead · Primary8.6/10Good
- 11.St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow GreenGateshead · Primary8.1/10Good
- 12.Brighton Avenue Primary SchoolGateshead · Primary8.0/10
- 13.Riverside Primary AcademyGateshead · Primary8.0/10Good
- 14.South Street Community Primary SchoolGateshead · Primary7.9/10Good
- 15.Fellside Community Primary SchoolGateshead · Primary7.8/10Good
- 16.St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, GatesheadGateshead · Primary7.7/10Good
- 17.Portobello Primary SchoolGateshead · Primary7.6/10Good
- 18.Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolGateshead · Primary7.5/10Good
- 19.Lobley Hill Primary SchoolGateshead · Primary7.4/10Good
- 20.Kells Lane Primary SchoolGateshead · Primary7.2/10Good
Top secondary schools in Gateshead
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Cardinal Hume Catholic School, GatesheadGateshead · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Emmanuel CollegeGateshead · Secondary9.0/10
- 3.Whickham SchoolGateshead · Secondary8.4/10
- 4.St Thomas More Catholic School, BlaydonGateshead · Secondary8.1/10Good
- 5.Thorp AcademyGateshead · Secondary7.0/10Good
- 6.Lord Lawson of Beamish AcademyGateshead · Secondary6.2/10Good
- 7.Kingsmeadow Community SchoolGateshead · Secondary3.5/10Good
- 8.Heworth Grange SchoolGateshead · Secondary1.7/10
- 9.Grace CollegeGateshead · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Gateshead
- How many schools are there in Gateshead?
- Gateshead has 92 open schools — 67 primary, 10 secondary, 6 special, 1 nursery, teaching 30,087 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Gateshead are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 72 of the 78 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 92% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 8 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 92: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Gateshead?
- 5.3 out of 10, averaged across the 90 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Gateshead schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 14 schools in Gateshead currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Gateshead local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Gateshead covers 92 schools and sits in the North East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Gateshead are eligible for free school meals?
- 29.7% — 8,473 of 28,546 pupils at the 84 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the North East region.