Wardley 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 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wardley Primary School is a primary school in Gateshead for ages 3–11 (community school). Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Wardley 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
- Reading, writing and maths in 2024/25: 70% of pupils met the expected standard (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- Reception 2026 had 35 first-choice applications for 36 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- The latest Ofsted inspection, on 6 January 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome was Good, on 8 May 2013.
- 38.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 32.5% 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
- Keir Hardie Avenue, Wardley, Gateshead, NE10 8TX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 292 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Wardley Primary are cheerful and happy.”
- “They embody pride in their school, blossoming in the very inclusive environment that leaders have crafted over time.”
- “The school's commitment to creating a highly supportive place for pupils to be the best they can be is clear.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not achieve as well as they might in writing before they move to secondary school.”
- “Leaders are aware that they can improve this offer further so that more pupils benefit from these rewarding experiences.”
- “This now needs to become more widely embedded in practice across the school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 2026 (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: 35 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 35 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 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bill Quay Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- White Mere Community Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Drive Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Roman Road Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Brandling Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published