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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in NE98, Newcastle upon Tyne

13 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central NE98, the nearest being Royal Grammar School at 0.8 mi, 2 of them selective, 9 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
Royal Grammar School 0.8 mi 7 to 19 All-through
Newcastle Preparatory School 0.8 mi 3 to 11 Primary
The Gateshead Cheder Primary School 0.9 mi 3 to 16 All-through
Boys
Gateshead Jewish Nursery School 1.1 mi 2 to 5 Primary
Girls
Newcastle High School for Girls GDST 1.1 mi 3 to 18 All-through
Girls
Church of England
Keser Girls School 1.1 mi 5 to 11 Primary
Girls
Keser Torah Boys' School 1.2 mi 5 to 11 Primary
Boys
Gateshead Jewish Boarding School 1.3 mi 10 to 16 Secondary
Boys
Bahr Academy 1.7 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Girls
Selective
Sunni Deobandi
Ateres Girls High School 2.1 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Girls
Westfield School 2.2 mi 3 to 18 All-through
Newcastle School for Boys 2.4 mi 2 to 18 All-through
Boys
Selective
Hopespring Newcastle 2.8 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Royal Grammar School 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

NE98 also holds 47 state primary and 9 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for NE98 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central NE98.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in NE98?

13 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central NE98, 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 NE98 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 NE98 selective?

2 of the 13 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 NE98?

9 of the 13 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.