Ryton Community Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Ryton, 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 🔒
Ryton Community Infant School is a primary school in Ryton, Gateshead for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 April 2023. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Ryton Community Infant 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 24 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 31.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 24.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- There are 18.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21 across 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
- Main Road, Ryton, NE40 3AF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 121 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils talk with enthusiasm about the many school trips and exciting activities on offer in school.”
- “They are determined that all pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), catch up and achieve well.”
- “Staff and pupils model caring and positive relationships, which helps pupils to feel safe and confident.”
To improve
- “On occasion, pupils’ recall of content that they have covered in the past is not as strong as it could be.”
- “This results in some gaps in their long-term memory, making it harder to learn new topics.”
- “Some pupils do not attend school as often as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 24 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 24 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.
- Ryton Junior School 0.1 mi Not judged
- Emmaville Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Crookhill Community Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenside Primary School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Lane Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon 2.3 mi Good Last distance published