Highfield Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Highfield Community Primary School is a primary school in Rowlands Gill, Gateshead for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2024. Gateshead and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Highfield 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 |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 49.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 27.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, but places ran out in 1 of the 2 earlier years with a published outcome.
- There were 16 first-choice applications for 16 offers for Reception in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Whinfield Way, Rowlands Gill, NE39 2JE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 112 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 February 2024
Strengths
- “At Highfield Community Primary School staff have created a caring and nurturing environment for pupils.”
- “The school provides high levels of support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Pupils enjoy attending school and feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, in other subjects and year groups, this is not consistently the case.”
- “Pupils’ responses are often too brief to enable them to demonstrate the depth of their knowledge and skills.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 57% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 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 Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield 0.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rowlands Gill Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- High Spen Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Chopwell Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- West Lane Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenside Primary School 2.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Parkhead Community Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published