Parkhead Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Blaydon-on-Tyne, Gateshead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gateshead Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Parkhead Community Primary School is a primary school in Blaydon-on-Tyne, Gateshead for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 May 2023. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Parkhead Community 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
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 55 of the 62 other Gateshead primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 47.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 41 first-choice applications for 42 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 40% (England 62%) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
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
- Park Lane, Winlaton, Blaydon-on-Tyne, NE21 6LT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 320 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 May 2023
Strengths
- “Parkhead Community Primary School is an inclusive school.”
- “Leaders, staff and stakeholders have high aspirations for pupils.”
- “The curriculum is planned to reflect this ambition.”
To improve
- “End of key stage assessment outcomes do not yet reflect the current strength of teaching and learning in school.”
- “In some foundation subjects, such as physical education (PE), this needs further development.”
- “However, links between the early years curriculum and that of the rest of the school curriculum needs further development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 June 2023 (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) | 40% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 41 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.
- West Lane Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Blaydon West Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fellside Community Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Front Street Community Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Swalwell Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published