Crookhill Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Ryton, Gateshead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.56 miles
Published by Gateshead Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Crookhill Community Primary School is a primary school in Ryton, Gateshead for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2022. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Crookhill 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 | 0.56 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, there were 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.56 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 7 Gateshead primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
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
- Hexham Old Road, Ryton, NE40 3ES
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 186 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 October 2022
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming and caring school.”
- “New pupils, members of staff or visitors are made to feel at home.”
- “Most pupils are sensible and behave well.”
To improve
- “Not all foundation subjects reflect the same high-quality curriculum structure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 December 2022 (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: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ryton Community Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Ryton Junior School 1.3 mi Not judged
- Blaydon West Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Lane Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Emmaville Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook 1.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published