West Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Blaydon-on-Tyne, 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 🔒
West Lane Primary School is a primary school in Blaydon-on-Tyne, Gateshead for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 2 November 2022. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
West Lane 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 applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 55 of the 62 other Gateshead primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 32 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- West Lane, Winlaton, Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21 6PH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 305 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 2 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils happily come to West Lane Primary School.”
- “They have a strong sense of belonging and know that staff care for them.”
- “The school’s drivers of independence, resilience, inclusion, confidence and aspiration underpin all aspects of its work.”
To improve
- “Historically, some pupils have not performed well compared to the national average in the Year 4 multiplication check.”
- “However, errors in spelling are not always picked up effectively by teachers outside English and writing lessons.”
- “Occasionally, some activities across the provision are not precisely matched to children’s starting points.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 September 2026 (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) | 53% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 31 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.
- Parkhead Community Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Blaydon West Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Crookhill Community Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rowlands Gill Community Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Fellside Community Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published