School admissions in North Tyneside

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 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.

Reception places, September 2026

54 schools. 19 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Bailey Green Primary SchoolKillingworth	1.31	59
Richardson Dees Primary SchoolWallsend	1.28	29
Benton Dene Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	1.27	59
St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest HallNewcastle-upon-Tyne	1.27	30
Kings Priory SchoolNorth Shields	1.24	90
New York Primary SchoolNorth Shields	1.24	45
Backworth Park Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	1.20	45
South Wellfield First SchoolWhitley Bay	1.17	60
Battle Hill Primary SchoolWallsend	1.09	23
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North ShieldsNorth Shields	1.07	30
Langley First SchoolWhitley Bay	1.06	47
Stephenson Memorial Primary SchoolWallsend	1.05	19
Greenfields Community Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	1.05	39
Holystone Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	1.05	60
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, WallsendWallsend	1.05	22
Whitley Lodge First SchoolWhitley Bay	1.05	44
Percy Main Primary SchoolNorth Shields	1.03	30
Rockcliffe First SchoolWhitley Bay	1.03	30
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1.03	30
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolNorth Shields	1.00	15
Denbigh Community Primary SchoolWALLSEND	1.00	45
Hadrian Park Primary SchoolWallsend	1.00	49
Ivy Road Primary SchoolNewcastle upon Tyne	1.00	1
King Edward Primary SchoolNorth Tyneside	1.00	60
Monkhouse Primary SchoolNorth Shields	1.00	25
Redesdale Primary SchoolWallsend	1.00	40
Riverside Primary SchoolNorth Shields	1.00	17
St Columba's Catholic Primary School, WallsendWallsend	1.00	21
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North ShieldsNorth Shields	1.00	15
Marine Park First SchoolWhitley Bay	0.98	59
Cullercoats Primary SchoolNorth Shields	0.98	54
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, WallsendWallsend	0.98	42
Preston Grange Primary SchoolNorth Shields	0.97	30
Coquet Park First SchoolWhitley Bay	0.96	26
Waterville Primary SchoolNorth Shields	0.96	23
Fordley Primary SchoolCramlington	0.95	42
Western Community Primary SchoolWallsend	0.95	61
Appletree Gardens First SchoolWhitley Bay	0.95	40
Spring Gardens Primary SchoolNorth Shields	0.94	32
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, NewcastleNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.94	31
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, CullercoatsNorth Shields	0.93	15
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley BayWhitley Bay	0.93	28
Wallsend Jubilee Primary SchoolWallsend	0.91	47
Forest Hall Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.91	23
Hazlewood Community Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.91	22
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolWallsend	0.91	11
Amberley Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.88	40
Collingwood Primary SchoolNorth Shields	0.87	47
Southridge First SchoolWhitley Bay	0.85	47
Westmoor Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.85	46
Burradon Community Primary SchoolCramlington	0.79	29
Shiremoor Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.74	50
Whitehouse Primary SchoolNorth Shields	0.67	12
Grasmere AcademyNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.62	8

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.

Year 7 places, September 2026

9 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Norham High SchoolNorth Shields	1.78	78
Kings Priory SchoolNorth Shields	1.63	49
Marden High SchoolNorth Shields	1.31	188
Burnside CollegeWallsend	1.06	232
St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolNorth Shields	0.95	266
Longbenton High SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.91	175
North Gosforth AcademyNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.91	99
George Stephenson High SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.77	233
John Spence Community High SchoolNorth Shields	0.63	166