Falla Park Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Falla Park Community Primary School is a primary school in Gateshead for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 May 2025. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Falla Park 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
- Ofsted found standards maintained on 8 May 2025, following a Good grade on 24 April 2019; all 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead are rated Good.
- For Reception 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 22 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, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th 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
- Falla Park Road, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 9HP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 222 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Falla Park are welcoming, friendly and inquisitive.”
- “Cheerful smiles abound throughout the school.”
- “Pupils’ happiness reflects the nurturing and inclusive nature of the school, where pupils from a diverse range of backgrounds co-exist in friendship and harmony.”
To improve
- “However, some younger pupils have difficulty in applying their phonics knowledge to their own spelling.”
- “Their errors in spelling are not consistently picked up and addressed.”
- “This impacts on the quality of their work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 June 2025 (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) | 67% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 21 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.
- Brandling Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Carr Hill Community Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Windy Nook Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Drive Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bede Community Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- South Street Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published