Gosforth Park First School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–9 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.647 miles
Published by Newcastle City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2025 (miles)
Gosforth Park First School is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne for ages 3–9 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Newcastle upon Tyne has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Gosforth Park 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 2025 | 0.647 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 3.164 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.611 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.682 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.599 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 79 first-choice applications for 60 offers, 1.3 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 72 Newcastle upon Tyne primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 21 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The last Reception distance offered in 2025 was 0.647 miles, nearer than in 2024 and about the same as in 2021, and it swung sharply between some years.
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
- Granville Road, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 5JQ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–9
- Council
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Pupils on roll
- 299 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Gosforth Park First School are exceptional ambassadors for their school.”
- “They greet staff and visitors with warmth and enthusiasm.”
- “Pupils exemplify the school’s inclusive ‘no outsiders’ ethos.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 79 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Grange First School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Charles' Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Archbishop Runcie CofE First School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Archibald First School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Regent Farm First School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Gosforth First School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Fawdon Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published