Brandling 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 🔒
Brandling Primary School is a primary school in Gateshead for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 June 2024. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Brandling 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
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- For Reception 2026 there were 22 first-choice applications for 22 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 48.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 44.6% 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
- Mulberry Street, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 0JB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 217 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 June 2024
Strengths
- “This is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “Positive relationships between staff and pupils help pupils to feel happy and safe.”
- “Staff take time to get to know all pupils.”
To improve
- “In some areas of learning, assessment is not used consistently well to check gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
- “This means that work is sometimes too hard for some pupils.”
- “Sometimes, teaching does not move learning on when pupils are ready.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 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) | 70% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 22 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.
- Falla Park Community Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Drive Community Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bede Community Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Carr Hill Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Windy Nook Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Street Community Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published