Schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
107 schools in the Newcastle upon Tyne local authority.
Schools
107
Open schools
Pupils
46,647
2025–26 census
Good or better
96%
73 of 76 graded
Academic Performance
5.2
out of 10 · 94 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 6 8%
- Good
- 67 88%
- Requires improvement
- 3 4%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
18 inspected since 2024, no overall grade8 superseded by a report card13 not judged
5.2
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 94 of 107 schools that can be scored
Pupils
46,647
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Ethnicity
White
63%Asian
15%Black
8%Mixed
6%Chinese
1%Any other group
5%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 100 of 107 schools (42,677 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 43.5%
- First language not English
- 28.1%
- Young carers
- <1%
18,545 of 42,677 pupils · 100 of 107 schools
12,001 of 42,677 pupils · 100 of 107 schools
228 of 42,415 pupils · 97 of 107 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 73
- Secondary
- 17
- All-through
- 5
- Special
- 6
- Nursery
- 3
- PRU
- 2
- Not recorded
- 1
Top primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, HeatonNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, GosforthNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary9.0/10Good
- 3.Westgate Hill Primary AcademyNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary9.0/10Outstanding
- 4.St Charles' Catholic Primary SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary8.9/10Good
- 5.West Jesmond Primary SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary8.9/10
- 6.Kingston Park Primary SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary8.7/10Good
- 7.St Vincents Catholic Primary School, NewcastleNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary8.7/10Good
- 8.Cragside Primary SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary8.2/10
- 9.St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, West DentonNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary7.7/10Good
- 10.St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BenwellNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary7.5/10Good
- 11.Chillingham Road Primary SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary7.4/10
- 12.Benton Park Primary SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary7.3/10
- 13.St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, KentonNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary7.3/10Good
- 14.Farne Primary SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary6.9/10Good
- 15.Ravenswood Primary SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary6.9/10Good
- 16.St George's Catholic Primary School, Bells CloseNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary6.9/10Good
- 17.Thomas Walling Primary AcademyNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary6.9/10Good
- 18.Hilton Primary AcademyNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary6.8/10
- 19.Sacred Heart Primary SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary6.8/10Good
- 20.Beech Hill Primary SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Primary6.7/10Good
Top secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St Mary's Catholic SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.Gosforth AcademyNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary8.5/10Good
- 3.Gosforth East Middle SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary8.4/10Good
- 4.Gosforth Central Middle SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary8.3/10Good
- 5.Gosforth Junior High AcademyNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary8.1/10Good
- 6.Jesmond Park AcademyNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary7.9/10Good
- 7.Sacred Heart Catholic High SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary7.9/10
- 8.St Cuthbert's High SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary7.3/10Good
- 9.Walbottle AcademyNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary7.1/10Good
- 10.Callerton AcademyNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 11.Great Park AcademyNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 12.Kenton SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary2.7/10
- 13.North East Futures UTCNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary2.0/10
- 14.Walker Riverside AcademyNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary1.6/10
- 15.Benfield SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary1.5/10
- 16.Studio WestNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary1.5/10
- 17.Excelsior AcademyNewcastle upon Tyne · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
Browse all 107 schools in Newcastle upon Tyne — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
- How many schools are there in Newcastle upon Tyne?
- Newcastle upon Tyne has 107 open schools — 73 primary, 17 secondary, 6 special, 3 nursery, teaching 46,647 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Newcastle upon Tyne are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 73 of the 76 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 96% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 6 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 107: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Newcastle upon Tyne?
- 5.2 out of 10, averaged across the 94 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 Newcastle upon Tyne schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 31 schools in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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. Newcastle upon Tyne covers 107 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 Newcastle upon Tyne are eligible for free school meals?
- 43.5% — 18,545 of 42,677 pupils at the 100 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.