White Mere Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Gateshead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gateshead Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
White Mere Community Primary School is a primary school in Gateshead for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2023. Gateshead and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
White Mere 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 |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as was the case at 55 of the 62 other Gateshead primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 17 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% 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
- Sherburn Way, Wardley, Gateshead, NE10 8BA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 136 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils in this school are friendly, welcoming and inquisitive.”
- “Leaders and staff develop very positive relationships in the school community.”
- “Leaders ensure that everyone across the school understands how to keep themselves and others safe.”
To improve
- “While the school’s assessment procedures are well established in the core subjects of English, mathematics and science, they are less secure in foundation subjects, such as history and geography.”
- “In some foundation subjects, gaps in pupils’ learning are not quickly identified.”
- “Teaching in these subjects does not address areas of need consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 November 2023 (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: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 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.
- Lingey House Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Wardley Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Roman Road Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bill Quay Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Drive Community Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Windy Nook Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published