Carr Hill Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Gateshead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gateshead Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Carr Hill Community Primary School is a primary school in Gateshead for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 May 2023. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Carr Hill Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 55 of the 62 other Gateshead primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 43 first-choice applications for 45 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 16.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2024/25; England 62%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gateshead schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Carr Hill Road, Gateshead, NE9 5NB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 308 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 61.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 May 2023
Strengths
- “Carr Hill Primary is a happy and caring school where pupils love to learn.”
- “Their positive attitudes towards fellow pupils and staff create a typically calm and purposeful learning environment.”
- “They value the high levels of pastoral and academic support that staff give them.”
To improve
- “However, on some occasions, teachers do not identify or address gaps in pupils’ learning sufficiently well.”
- “Consequently, a few pupils develop misunderstandings and misconceptions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 69% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 43 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 43 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Gateshead.
- Falla Park Community Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- South Street Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Glynwood Community Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Windy Nook Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bede Community Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Brandling Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published