Fee-paying schools in NE2, Newcastle upon Tyne

12 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central NE2, the nearest being Newcastle High School for Girls GDST at 0.2 mi, 2 of them selective, 8 single-sex. Nearest first; each age range is the school's own statutory range, which decides whether it takes a given year group.

School	Distance	Ages	Takes
Newcastle High School for Girls GDST	0.2 mi	3 to 18	All-through Girls Church of England
Newcastle Preparatory School	0.3 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Royal Grammar School	0.3 mi	7 to 19	All-through
Westfield School	1.2 mi	3 to 18	All-through
Newcastle School for Boys	1.4 mi	2 to 18	All-through Boys Selective
Hopespring Newcastle	1.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Bahr Academy	1.8 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls Selective Sunni Deobandi
The Gateshead Cheder Primary School	2.0 mi	3 to 16	All-through Boys
Gateshead Jewish Nursery School	2.1 mi	2 to 5	Primary Girls
Keser Girls School	2.2 mi	5 to 11	Primary Girls
Keser Torah Boys' School	2.3 mi	5 to 11	Primary Boys
Gateshead Jewish Boarding School	2.3 mi	10 to 16	Secondary Boys

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Newcastle High School for Girls GDST are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show. Fees are not open data either.

The state schools alongside them

NE2 also holds 46 state primary and 8 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for NE2 →

Checking a specific address

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Common questions

How many private schools are there in NE2?

12 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central NE2, Newcastle upon Tyne, from the Department for Education's register. Each one's age range, whether it selects and how full it is are listed on this page.

Do private schools in NE2 have Ofsted ratings?

No, and a blank rating is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show.

Are private schools in NE2 selective?

2 of the 12 select on ability at entry, according to their admissions policy on the register. The rest do not, though most fee-paying schools still assess applicants in some way.

Are there single-sex private schools in NE2?

8 of the 12 take boys only or girls only. The rest are mixed.

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools. Read how every figure here is sourced on the methodology page. If something looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.