School admissions in Wallsend
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 6 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.
Wallsend in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 12 schools in Wallsend first 412 times for 409 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.02 across the North Tyneside authority's 53 schools. 4 of the 12 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Richardson Dees Primary School, to 0.51 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
12 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson Dees Primary School | 1.28 | 29 | 0.513 miles |
| Battle Hill Primary School | 1.09 | 23 | not published |
| Stephenson Memorial Primary School | 1.05 | 19 | not published |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend | 1.05 | 22 | not published |
| Denbigh Community Primary School | 1.00 | 45 | 1.34 miles |
| Hadrian Park Primary School | 1.00 | 49 | not published |
| Redesdale Primary School | 1.00 | 40 | not published |
| St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend | 1.00 | 21 | not published |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend | 0.98 | 42 | not published |
| Western Community Primary School | 0.95 | 61 | 0.47 miles |
| Wallsend Jubilee Primary School | 0.91 | 47 | not published |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School | 0.91 | 11 | 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.