Archbishop Runcie CofE First School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–9 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Newcastle City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Archbishop Runcie CofE First School is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne for ages 3–9 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 December 2024. Newcastle upon Tyne has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Archbishop Runcie CofE 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | 2.184 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2022 | 1.422 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 2.069 mi |
| Reception 2020 | Not published |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in all 3 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 25 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 72 Newcastle upon Tyne primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 12.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 6.9% 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
- Christon Road, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 1US
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–9
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Pupils on roll
- 164 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and proud to attend Archbishop Runcie Church of England First School.”
- “They flourish and live up to the school vision to ‘Be courageous, be strong.”
- “They enjoy being taught in a nurturing and caring environment from the moment they start in Nursery.”
To improve
- “However, on occasions, the activities that pupils are set do not deepen pupils’ understanding as well as they could.”
- “However, on some occasions, misconceptions persist and are not addressed as well as they could be.”
- “This slows pupils’ understanding of new knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 20 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.
- South Gosforth First School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Archibald First School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gosforth Park First School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Charles' Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grange First School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cragside Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Regent Farm First School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published