Kelvin Grove 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 🔒
Kelvin Grove Community Primary School is a primary school in Gateshead for ages 3–11 (community school). Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Kelvin Grove 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Its 0.8 first choices per offer for Reception 2026 was the lowest of 63 Gateshead primary schools, and every Reception applicant was offered a place that year.
- In 2024/25, 48% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- There are 16.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.5 across 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
- Kelvin Grove, Gateshead, NE8 4UN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 309 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 31 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Kelvin Grove are superb ambassadors for their school.”
- “They belong proudly to an exciting and diverse community.”
- “Pupils embody the school values.”
To improve
- “Pupils' attendance and persistent absence has been an issue over time.”
- “For example, they recognise that pupils experiencing disadvantage have not historically achieved as well as their peers in mathematics.”
- “However, it is too soon to see improvements in pupil outcomes across all year groups.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 2026 (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) | 48% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 18 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.
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 0.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Brighton Avenue Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Caedmon Community Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- South Street Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kells Lane Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published