Kingsmeadow Community School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Gateshead
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gateshead Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kingsmeadow Community School is a secondary school in Gateshead for ages 11–18 (community school). Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Kingsmeadow Community 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility covers 50.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 29.9% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Gateshead.
- Year 7 2026 drew 136 first-choice applications for 175 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 39 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 36% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 42.9 (England 46).
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
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
- Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9NX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 868 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Positive relationships built on respect and integrity characterise the culture around school.”
- “Leaders and staff effectively model to pupils what it means to be part of the Kingsmeadow community.”
- “Pupils feel safe and attend well.”
To improve
- “However, students in the sixth form do not develop deep enough understanding of the subjects they study to achieve as well as they should.”
- “Students' achievement in the sixth form is mixed and reflects recent published outcomes.”
- “While students studying applied general qualifications attain and progress as well as others nationally, those studying A-level qualifications do not attain or progress as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 136 first-preference applications, 175 offers in total, 136 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Gateshead.
- Whickham School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Grace College 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead 3.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- XP Gateshead 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heworth Grange School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thorp Academy 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published