Kibblesworth Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Kibblesworth Academy is a primary school in Gateshead for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 December 2022. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Kibblesworth Academy 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 applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 55 of the 62 other Gateshead primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 6 first-choice applications for 6 offers, against a published admission number of 30 places, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 71% was the 3rd highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead that have results.
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
- West View, Kibblesworth, Gateshead, NE11 0XP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 126 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils feel valued and cared for, and they enjoy being at school.”
- “They attend regularly and often.”
- “Leaders and staff have high expectations for all pupils.”
To improve
- “In a small number of foundation subjects, the links between early years curriculum and Year 1 are not sufficiently explicit.”
- “However, pupils’ retention of previously taught history topics is less secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 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) | 71% | 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: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Harlow Green Community Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakfield Infant School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Birtley East Community Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oakfield Junior School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley 1.8 mi Not judged
- Ravensworth Terrace Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published