Overall Oxbridge
#1,144
4 ranked schools · -230 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,983
Applications
20
Offers
3
Offer rate15.0%
-7.4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Schools in Gateshead
A post-industrial borough of nearly 200,000 on Tyneside's southern shore, Gateshead has rebuilt its public identity around cultural landmarks born of the 1990s waterfront regeneration. The Angel of the North, a twenty-metre steel sculpture installed at the town's southern outskirts in 1998, is among Britain's most recognised public artworks, while the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and The Glasshouse International Centre for Music line a regenerated quayside beneath the Tyne and Millennium bridges. Gateshead was once part of County Durham.
Tyne and Wear Metro services run across the borough, and Newcastle Central, a short river crossing away, gives intercity access to Leeds and Edinburgh. Lobley Hill and Bensham are among the most sought-after pockets for primary school catchments, with Beacon Lough equally school-competitive; Dunston and Low Fell complete the family residential spread to the south and west.
39
Primary
schools
7
Secondary
schools
1
All-through
schools
1
Post-16
colleges
7
Special
schools
1
Other
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of which7sixth forms·11faith·1nurseries57 total
Area Performance
Gateshead schools rank in the top 52% of England
Across 51 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.30/10, -0.11 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
16% Elite
Distribution across all Gateshead schools
EliteExcellentGoodDeveloping
Gateshead vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 52%
Across all ranked Gateshead schools
Top 53%Primaryavg #7,881 of 14,978
Top 44%Secondaryavg #1,701 of 3,861
Top 57%Sixth formavg #1,448 of 2,554
Primary schools: 36 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.16 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,881
-3 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 53% of 14,978
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
63%
+1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
7%
-1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.16 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#7,881
-3 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 53% of 14,978
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
63%
+1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
7%
-1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Secondary schools: 8 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.18 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#1,701
+6 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 44% of 3,861
% achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A)state
40%
-16 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 56%
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
38.9
-0.2 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.18 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#1,701
+6 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 44% of 3,861
% achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A)state
40%
-16 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 56%
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
38.9
-0.2 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Sixth form schools: 7 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.9/10
+0.18 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,448
-7 pts vs medianmedian 1,277
top 57% of 2,554
% A*-A at A-Level
20%
-5 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
43%
-8 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.9/10
+0.18 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,448
-7 pts vs medianmedian 1,277
top 57% of 2,554
% A*-A at A-Level
20%
-5 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
43%
-8 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Oxford
#287
2 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,197
Applications
12
Offers
0
Offer rate0.0%
-15.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 15.1%
Cambridge
#681
3 ranked schools · +92 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,880
Applications
8
Offers
3
Offer rate37.5%
+8.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
Top 3 Primary Schools
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Top 3 Secondary Schools
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Gateshead
Top 3 Sixth Forms
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Gateshead
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