Ravensworth Terrace Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chester le Street, 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 🔒
Ravensworth Terrace Primary School is a primary school in Chester le Street, Gateshead for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2024. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Ravensworth Terrace 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 applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 55 of the 62 other Gateshead primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 44 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- There were 22.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Mount Pleasant Road, Birtley, Chester le Street, DH3 1AY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 362 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this highly inclusive school.”
- “Leaders have established an influential set of values including respect, perseverance and kindness.”
- “Staff consistently demonstrate these values for pupils.”
To improve
- “Some aspects of the curriculum are in the earlier stages of development.”
- “Pupils’ knowledge in these areas is less well developed.”
- “However, the school’s ambition for the curriculum has not been fully realised in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 2024 (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) | 60% | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 44 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley 0.4 mi Not judged
- Birtley East Community Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Portobello Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barley Mow Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harlow Green Community Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Fell Dyke Community Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published