High Spen Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Rowlands Gill, Gateshead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gateshead Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
High Spen Primary School is a primary school in Rowlands Gill, Gateshead for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 June 2022. Gateshead and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
High Spen 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 |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 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 17 first-choice applications for 19 offers (0.9 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 63 Gateshead primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 16.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Hugar Road, High Spen, Rowlands Gill, NE39 2BQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 172 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 23 June 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders put pupils at the heart of all they do at High Spen Primary School.”
- “Pupils feel they are part of an extended family.”
- “Those pupils that have been awarded leadership badges, for example school council member, wear them with honour.”
To improve
- “In some classes, teachers do not have a strong understanding of the subject they teach.”
- “They do not create opportunities for pupils to revisit key knowledge, such as the festivals in different faiths.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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: 17 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 17 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.
- Highfield Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chopwell Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenside Primary School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Rowlands Gill Community Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook 2.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- West Lane Primary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Emmaville Primary School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published