Grange First School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–9 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.251 miles
Published by Newcastle City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2025 (miles)
Grange 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 November 2021. Newcastle upon Tyne has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Grange 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 | 1.251 mi |
| Reception 2024 | Not published |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | 1.795 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 1.084 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 1.251 miles from the school, nearer than in 2022 and further than in 2021.
- Reception 2026 had 52 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 48 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 18.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 12.8% 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
- Norham Road, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 2NP
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–9
- Council
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Pupils on roll
- 333 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 November 2021
Strengths
- “Pupils at Grange are proud to be part of this welcoming school.”
- “They are excellent ambassadors for the school community.”
- “Pupils consistently demonstrate the school's core values of respect and kindness.”
To improve
- “There are times when pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, do not produce work of a consistently high quality, however.”
- “However, the number of disadvantaged pupils who are persistently absent from school fluctuates more.”
- “As a result, some disadvantaged pupils miss out on important learning, which can limit the progress that they make.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 52 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 48 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 Charles' Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Regent Farm First School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Archibald First School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Gosforth Park First School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Archbishop Runcie CofE First School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- North Fawdon Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mountfield Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published