School admissions in Blaydon-on-Tyne
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 2 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Blaydon-on-Tyne in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Blaydon-on-Tyne first 149 times for 151 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 0.98 across the Gateshead authority's 63 schools. One of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon, to 0.73 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
5 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon | 1.07 | 30 | 1173.86 m (≈0.73 mi) |
| Parkhead Community Primary School | 0.98 | 42 | not published |
| West Lane Primary School | 0.97 | 32 | not published |
| St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon | 0.96 | 25 | not published |
| Blaydon West Primary School | 0.95 | 22 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.