St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Ryton, 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 🔒
St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook is a primary school in Ryton, Gateshead for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 4 June 2025. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook 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, 82% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, whereas for Reception 2025 places ran out and a last distance was published.
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 27 offers (1.0 per offer, the 8th highest of 63 Gateshead primary schools), and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 4.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 27.4% across 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
- Rosedale Road, Crawcrook, Ryton, NE40 4UN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 189 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 4 June 2025
Strengths
- “St Agnes’ Catholic Primary School is a special place.”
- “All aspects of school life are underpinned by strong values, such as compassion and serving others.”
- “The school is highly ambitious for all pupils to succeed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 July 2025 (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) | 82% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 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.
- Emmaville Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ryton Junior School 0.7 mi Not judged
- Ryton Community Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenside Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Crookhill Community Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Lane Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- High Spen Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published