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Schools in Gateshead[1]

Local authority district E08000037 · 91 open schools[2]

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Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 126 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure Most deprived 20% Second Middle Fourth Least deprived 20%
Income 33%[4] 24%[4] 17%[4] 12%[4] 15%[4]
Employment 39%[4] 29%[4] 11%[4] 12%[4] 9%[4]
Education and skills 31%[4] 24%[4] 11%[4] 15%[4] 19%[4]
Health and disability 52%[4] 23%[4] 15%[4] 10%[4] 1%[4]
Crime 35%[4] 22%[4] 17%[4] 14%[4] 11%[4]
Housing and services 5%[4] 9%[4] 8%[4] 24%[4] 55%[4]
Living environment 11%[4] 17%[4] 36%[4] 29%[4] 7%[4]
Children in low-income families 30%[4] 22%[4] 18%[4] 10%[4] 20%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (9)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead 11–18[2]
A8 54 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Grace College 11–18[2]
A8 40 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Heworth Grange School 11–16[2]
A8 38 2025/26[8]
Kingsmeadow Community School 11–18[2]
A8 45 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy 11–18[2]
A8 45 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon 11–18[2]
A8 52 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Thorp Academy 11–18[2]
A8 50 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Whickham School 11–18[2]
A8 50 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
XP Gateshead 11–16[2]
A8 48 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (66)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Barley Mow Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Bede Community Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Bill Quay Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Birtley East Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Blaydon West Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Brandling Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Brighton Avenue Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Caedmon Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Carr Hill Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Chopwell Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Clover Hill Community Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 93% 2024/25[10]
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 3–11[2]
KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Crookhill Community Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Dunston Hill Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Emmaville Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Falla Park Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Fell Dyke Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Fellside Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 90% 2024/25[10]
Front Street Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Glynwood Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Greenside Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Harlow Green Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
High Spen Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Highfield Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Kells Lane Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Kelvin Grove Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Kibblesworth Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Larkspur Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 42% 2024/25[10]
Lingey House Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Lobley Hill Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Oakfield Infant School 4–7[2]
Oakfield Junior School 7–11[2]
Parkhead Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 40% 2024/25[10]
Portobello Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Ravensworth Terrace Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Riverside Primary Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Roman Road Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Rowlands Gill Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Ryton Community Infant School 2–7[2]
Ryton Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor 4–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
South Street Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook 4–11[2]
KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
St Aidan's Church of England Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw 3–11[2]
KS2 41% 2024/25[10]
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green 4–11[2]
KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 3–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley 5–7[2]
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley 7–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon 3–11[2]
KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 4–11[2]
KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield 4–11[2]
KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon 3–11[2]
KS2 90% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham 4–11[2]
KS2 90% 2024/25[10]
St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton 3–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell 4–11[2]
KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston 4–11[2]
KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 3–11[2]
KS2 39% 2024/25[10]
Swalwell Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
The Drive Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Wardley Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Washingwell Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
West Lane Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
White Mere Community Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Windy Nook Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (7)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Ateres Girls High School 11–16[2]
Emmanuel College 11–18[2]
AL B- 2024/25[9]
Gateshead Jewish Boarding School 10–16[2]
Gateshead Jewish Nursery School 2–5[2]
Keser Girls School 5–11[2]
Keser Torah Boys' School 5–11[2]
The Gateshead Cheder Primary School 3–16[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (8)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Dryden School 11–18[2]
Eslington Primary School 5–11[2]
Furrowfield School 11–16[2]
Gibside School 3–11[2]
Haskel School 5–25[2]
Hill Top School 11–19[2]
River Tyne Academy Gateshead 8–16[2]
The Cedars Academy 3–19[2]

Nursery schools (1)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Bensham Grove Nursery School 0–5[2]

Sources

  1. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS062 NS-SeC. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2022-12-08. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.