Chopwell Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gateshead Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Chopwell Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 April 2022. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Chopwell Primary 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 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 55 of the 62 other Gateshead primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 41.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead is 24.4%.
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
- Derwent Street, Chopwell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE17 7HS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 226 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 April 2022
Strengths
- “The pupils at Chopwell Primary School are happy.”
- “They start the school day eager to learn and play with their friends.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils.”
To improve
- “Leaders have not provided the training that teachers need in all areas of the curriculum.”
- “In subjects such as science, teachers are not delivering the curriculum accurately enough.”
- “As a result, pupils struggle to make sense of new ideas, for example, pupils’ understanding of states of matter and separation techniques was not secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 May 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 60% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 21 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 Gateshead.
- High Spen Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Highfield Community Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenside Primary School 2.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Rowlands Gill Community Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook 3.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Emmaville Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ryton Community Infant School 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published