Dunston 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 🔒
Dunston 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 18 November 2022. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Dunston 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 36 first-choice applications for 36 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2024/25; England 62%), 3rd lowest 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
- Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9NX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 362 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are treasured by the staff at Dunston Hill Community Primary School.”
- “The rules are modelled extremely well by all staff, so that pupils learn to make the right choices.”
- “Pupils understand the ‘three simple rules’ as values for life.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, such as art and design, checks on pupils’ understanding do not happen often enough.”
- “This means that some pupils do not get the help they need to achieve well.”
- “However, some younger pupils do not have accurate or clear handwriting.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 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) | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 36 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.
- Riverside Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lobley Hill Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Washingwell Community Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Swalwell Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Front Street Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published