Secondary school admissions

Make sure you look at the Admission to Secondary School booklet (PDF) [561KB]  before you apply.  It contains essential information that will help you decide which school's to apply to, including:

• admission policies
• the criteria used if a school is oversubscribed
• information on how places are offered
• the number of applications received for previous years
• the number of places offered for previous years
• details of the last distance offered

Important:

• we recommend you apply to three schools.  Applying for only one school does not improve your chance of being offered a place at the school
• check all the details you enter on your form are correct, including the details of any older siblings your child may have, already attending the school you apply to
• you must complete the 'Faith Details' section of the form if you apply to a Catholic school
• we cannot guarantee your child a place at any school you apply to, even if they live in the catchment area or have a sibling already at the school, as this will depend upon the number of applications the school receives
• If any of your preferences is for a school outside Gateshead, you must look at their admission policy before you apply
• you must apply  by 31 October 2022

Admission age ranges September 2022

If your child was born between 1 September 2011 and 31 August 2012. Your child is due to start year 7 at secondary school in September 2023.

Secondary admissions timeline

For more information, view our questions about the secondary admissions process.

Ofsted inspections

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