Portobello Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Portobello Primary School is a primary school in Chester le Street, Gateshead for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 October 2023. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Portobello 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
- 18.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Families living outside Gateshead made 15 of the 73 Reception applications (21%) in 2026 and received 6 offers.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Tamerton Drive, Birtley, Chester le Street, DH3 2LY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 182 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 October 2023
Strengths
- “Portobello Primary School is a calm and welcoming environment for pupils to learn.”
- “Staff meet pupils arriving at school with warmth and care.”
- “They know there is an adult to talk to if they are worried.”
To improve
- “However, they cannot recall this knowledge readily.”
- “Pupils confuse religions and cannot discuss meaningful aspects of faith.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 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) | 71% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Barley Mow Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley 0.5 mi Not judged
- Ravensworth Terrace Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Birtley East Community Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kibblesworth Academy 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harlow Green Community Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published