Regent Farm First School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–9 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.622 miles
Published by Newcastle City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
Regent Farm First School is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne for ages 3–9 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 March 2022. Newcastle upon Tyne has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Regent Farm First 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 | 1.622 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | 2.196 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | 3.062 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 1.361 mi |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.622 miles away, the 4th longest of 16 Newcastle upon Tyne primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2024 and further than in 2021, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception entry in 2026, there were 54 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 51 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 32.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Newcastle upon Tyne schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wansbeck Road South, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3PE
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–9
- Council
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Pupils on roll
- 335 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 March 2022
Strengths
- “The school is a happy, nurturing, secure and supportive place to learn.”
- “Pupils enjoy going to school and behave well.”
- “They respect each other and the adults in the school.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not always make as much progress as they could in some of the foundation subjects.”
- “Teachers have gaps in their knowledge of some of the foundation subjects.”
- “This means that pupils do not always get the support and challenge they need to learn as much as they could in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 May 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 54 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 51 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 Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Grange First School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Charles' Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Fawdon Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Archibald First School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mountfield Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Gosforth Park First School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Kenton 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published