How far do you need to live from a school in Newcastle upon Tyne to get a place?

It depends on the school. Across the 20 Newcastle upon Tyne schools with a published figure, the last child admitted lived a median of 1.18 miles away; the tightest was Our Lady and St Anne's Catholic Primary School at 0.14 miles. The distance moves every year with demand.

Do Newcastle upon Tyne schools have catchment areas?

Most English schools do not. When a school is oversubscribed, places are offered outward from the school until they run out, so what exists is how far the last admitted child lived, which the council publishes after each round. That is the figure on this page.

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How far Newcastle upon Tyne schools admitted from

For every oversubscribed school, Newcastle upon Tyne publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 20 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.

20schools with a published figure

1.18 mithe middle school's distance

8filled within a mile

The tightest is Our Lady and St Anne's Catholic Primary School at 0.14 miles in varies; the most far-reaching, Newburn Manor Primary School, admitted from 369.21 miles.

Primary schools

School	Ofsted	Admitted from	Round	How full
Our Lady and St Anne's Catholic Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Good	0.14 mi	varies	108%
St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	No current grade	0.24 mi	varies	105%
Archibald First School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	No current grade	0.46 mi	varies	94%
Lemington Riverside Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	No current grade	0.53 mi	varies	103%
Farne Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	No current grade	0.62 mi	varies	91%
Havannah First School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	No current grade	0.7 mi	varies	100%
Benton Park Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	No current grade	0.84 mi	varies	100%
Throckley Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	No current grade	0.98 mi	varies	142%
South Gosforth First School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	No current grade	1.14 mi	varies	100%
Bridgewater Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	No current grade	1.18 mi	varies	99%
West Jesmond Primary School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	No current grade	1.18 mi	varies	96%
Brunton First School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	No current grade	1.31 mi	varies	100%
Regent Farm First School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	No current grade	1.62 mi	varies	112%
Dinnington First School Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Good	1.93 mi	varies	96%
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Good	3.92 mi	varies	100%
Newburn Manor Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne	Good	369.21 mi	varies	97%

Secondary schools

School	Ofsted	Admitted from	Round	How full
Gosforth Junior High Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Good	1.13 mi	varies	116%
Jesmond Park Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Good	1.29 mi	varies	102%
Callerton Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Good	1.79 mi	varies	57%
Walbottle Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Good	3.51 mi	varies	91%

Reading the numbers

These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Newcastle upon Tyne measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →

Checking an address against these

Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.

Admission distances published by Newcastle upon Tyne. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.