Fee-paying schools in NE3, Newcastle upon Tyne

8 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central NE3, the nearest being Newcastle School for Boys at 0.6 mi, 2 of them selective, 3 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 School for Boys	0.6 mi	2 to 18	All-through Boys Selective
Westfield School	0.8 mi	3 to 18	All-through
Hopespring Newcastle	1.6 mi	11 to 16	Secondary
Newcastle High School for Girls GDST	1.9 mi	3 to 18	All-through Girls Church of England
Dame Allan's Schools	2.1 mi	3 to 19	All-through Anglican
Newcastle Preparatory School	2.2 mi	3 to 11	Primary
Royal Grammar School	2.2 mi	7 to 19	All-through
Bahr Academy	2.7 mi	11 to 16	Secondary Girls Selective Sunni Deobandi

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Newcastle School for Boys 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

NE3 also holds 33 state primary and 9 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for NE3 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central NE3.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in NE3?

8 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central NE3, 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 NE3 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 NE3 selective?

2 of the 8 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 NE3?

3 of the 8 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.