South Gosforth First School
Foundation school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 1YF, taking ages 3 to 9, 325 on roll.
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In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.14 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.
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The circle is 1.14 miles, the distance the school admitted from in the latest published year.
South Gosforth First School: 1.14 miles Benton Park Primary School: 0.84 miles, published by Newcastle upon Tyne
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When South Gosforth First School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
Source: Newcastle upon Tyne, published admission distances
Where South Gosforth First School and Benton Park Primary School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Benton Park Primary School admitted from 0.84 miles in the latest published year, published by Newcastle upon Tyne. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 1.14 and 0.84 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to South Gosforth First School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archibald First School Both in reach | Primary | 0.46 mi | 0.7 mi |
| Gosforth Junior High Academy Both in reach | Secondary | 1.13 mi | 0.8 mi |
| West Jesmond Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.18 mi | 0.8 mi |
| Jesmond Park Academy Both in reach | Secondary | 1.29 mi | 1.0 mi |
| St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth Both in reach | Primary | 3.92 mi | 1.1 mi |
| Benton Park Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.84 mi | 1.2 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 325 pupils in 326 places (100% full) |
| Trust | Gosforth Schools' Trust |
| Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 21 September 2022. Ungraded inspection, September 2022: school remains Good |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to South Gosforth First School
| Girls and boys | 45.2% girls, 54.8% boys |
| English as an additional language | 9.2% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 4.3% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of South Gosforth First School
Cheapest district inside the 1.14 miles: NE2, median £313,390.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE2 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1.0 mi | £313,390 181 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.14 miles the school admitted from in the latest published year, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to South Gosforth First School by bus
Best-served stop: Matthew Bank-Beattie Avenue, 0.2 mi away, with 2.1 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:56, last 23:26.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Bank-Beattie Avenue | 0.2 mi | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 355, 356, 135 |
| Matthew Bank-Beattie Avenue | 0.2 mi | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 355, 356, 105, 135, 792 |
| Haddricks Mill Road-Dene Crescent | 0.2 mi | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 355, 356, 135 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing South Gosforth First School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around NE3: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at NE3 1YF, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
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The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for South Gosforth First School?
South Gosforth First School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in the latest published year lived 1.14 miles away, per Newcastle upon Tyne.
How close do I need to live to get a place at South Gosforth First School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.14 miles was enough in the latest published year, and at 100% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near South Gosforth First School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Newcastle upon Tyne school's distance
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Admission distance published by Newcastle upon Tyne. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.