Lobley Hill 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
2025 figure 🔒
Lobley Hill Primary School is a primary school in Gateshead for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 6 November 2024. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Lobley Hill 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026; its 41 first-choice applications for 41 offers ranked 8th highest of 63 Gateshead primary schools for first choices per offer.
- In 2024/25, 65% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- At the end of primary school in 2024/25, 9% reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).
- Ofsted's inspection on 6 November 2024 found standards maintained; the previous graded outcome was Good, on 13 May 2015.
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
- Rothbury Gardens, Lobley Hill, Gateshead, NE11 0AT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 350 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 6 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their lessons and many other activities at this welcoming school.”
- “The school is ambitious for pupils and ensures that they are well prepared for the next stage in their education.”
- “Pupils achieve well, particularly in mathematics and reading, by the end of key stage 2.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, teachers do not systematically and routinely check what pupils know and understand.”
- “In these subjects, there is more to do to ensure that any gaps in pupils’ understanding are noticed and followed up.”
- “Some pupils need more help to learn to read.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 December 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) | 65% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 41 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 Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dunston Hill Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Washingwell Community Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Riverside Primary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Kelvin Grove Community Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published