Birtley East Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Birtley, 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 🔒
Birtley East Community Primary School is a primary school in Birtley, Gateshead for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 October 2024. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Birtley East 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 applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 55 of the 62 other Gateshead primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 8th highest of 63 Gateshead primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% 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
- Highfield, Birtley, DH3 1QQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 189 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this warm, welcoming and caring school.”
- “They have fun and show great interest in their lessons.”
- “Pupils form strong relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “However, this knowledge is not secure across the full range of subjects.”
- “Pupils do not have a firm understanding of key concepts and essential vocabulary in some subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 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) | 59% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ravensworth Terrace Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley 0.9 mi Not judged
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Portobello Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harlow Green Community Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fell Dyke Community Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published