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. 29 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.

Reception places, September 2026

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

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Bailey Green Primary SchoolKillingworth	1.31	59	0.625 miles 2026
Richardson Dees Primary SchoolWallsend	1.28	29	0.513 miles 2026
Benton Dene Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	1.27	59	1.106 miles 2026
St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest HallNewcastle-upon-Tyne	1.27	30	not published
Kings Priory SchoolNorth Shields	1.24	90	1.339 miles 2026
New York Primary SchoolNorth Shields	1.24	45	1.341 miles 2026
Backworth Park Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	1.20	45	0.448 miles 2026
South Wellfield First SchoolWhitley Bay	1.17	60	1.2 miles 2026
Battle Hill Primary SchoolWallsend	1.09	23	not published
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North ShieldsNorth Shields	1.07	30	not published
Langley First SchoolWhitley Bay	1.06	47	not published
Stephenson Memorial Primary SchoolWallsend	1.05	19	not published
Greenfields Community Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	1.05	39	not published
Holystone Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	1.05	60	0.496 miles 2026
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, WallsendWallsend	1.05	22	not published
Whitley Lodge First SchoolWhitley Bay	1.05	44	not published
Percy Main Primary SchoolNorth Shields	1.03	30	3.183 miles 2026
Rockcliffe First SchoolWhitley Bay	1.03	30	0.45 miles 2025
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)Newcastle-upon-Tyne	1.03	30	not published
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolNorth Shields	1.00	15	not published
Denbigh Community Primary SchoolWALLSEND	1.00	45	1.34 miles 2025
Hadrian Park Primary SchoolWallsend	1.00	49	not published
King Edward Primary SchoolNorth Tyneside	1.00	60	not published
Monkhouse Primary SchoolNorth Shields	1.00	25	not published
Redesdale Primary SchoolWallsend	1.00	40	not published
Riverside Primary SchoolNorth Shields	1.00	17	not published
St Columba's Catholic Primary School, WallsendWallsend	1.00	21	not published
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North ShieldsNorth Shields	1.00	15	not published
Marine Park First SchoolWhitley Bay	0.98	59	not published
Cullercoats Primary SchoolNorth Shields	0.98	54	not published
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, WallsendWallsend	0.98	42	not published
Preston Grange Primary SchoolNorth Shields	0.97	30	1.06 miles 2026
Coquet Park First SchoolWhitley Bay	0.96	26	not published
Waterville Primary SchoolNorth Shields	0.96	23	not published
Fordley Primary SchoolCramlington	0.95	42	not published
Western Community Primary SchoolWallsend	0.95	61	0.47 miles 2025
Appletree Gardens First SchoolWhitley Bay	0.95	40	not published
Spring Gardens Primary SchoolNorth Shields	0.94	32	not published
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, NewcastleNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.94	31	not published
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, CullercoatsNorth Shields	0.93	15	not published
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley BayWhitley Bay	0.93	28	not published
Wallsend Jubilee Primary SchoolWallsend	0.91	47	not published
Forest Hall Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.91	23	not published
Hazlewood Community Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.91	22	not published
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolWallsend	0.91	11	not published
Amberley Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.88	40	not published
Collingwood Primary SchoolNorth Shields	0.87	47	not published
Balliol Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.87	15	not published
Southridge First SchoolWhitley Bay	0.85	47	not published
Burradon Community Primary SchoolCramlington	0.79	29	not published
Shiremoor Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.74	50	not published
Whitehouse Primary SchoolNorth Shields	0.67	12	not published
Grasmere AcademyNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.62	8	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.

Year 7 places, September 2026

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

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Norham High SchoolNorth Shields	1.78	78	0.909 miles 2026
Kings Priory SchoolNorth Shields	1.63	49	11.551 miles 2026
Marden High SchoolNorth Shields	1.31	188	1.081 miles 2026
Burnside CollegeWallsend	1.06	232	1.287 miles 2026
St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolNorth Shields	0.95	266	not published
Longbenton High SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.91	175	2.054 miles 2026
North Gosforth AcademyNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.91	99	not published
George Stephenson High SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne	0.77	233	1.12 miles 2025
John Spence Community High SchoolNorth Shields	0.63	166	not published