Fell Dyke 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
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fell Dyke Community Primary School is a primary school in Gateshead for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 December 2022. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Fell Dyke 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 |
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: 55% of pupils met the expected standard (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- Reception 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 32 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 16.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- 59.8% 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
- Springwell Road, Gateshead, NE9 7AA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 286 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 December 2022
Strengths
- “Staff at this school make everyone feel welcome.”
- “Pupils are polite and considerate of others.”
- “They understand that some pupils find school more challenging and respect this.”
To improve
- “However, in some foundation subjects, leaders are aware that further developments are required to plan what is taught with greater precision.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 February 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) | 55% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 32 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 Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Larkspur Community Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Roman Road Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Windy Nook Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harlow Green Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Glynwood Community Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published