Secondary school admissions September 2024

Make sure you look at the 'Admission to Secondary School' booklet which contains essential information that will help you in making your child's application, including:

• admission policies and oversubscription criteria for Gateshead schools
• information on how places are offered
• the number of applications received and the number of places offered for previous years

Important:

• we recommend you apply to 3 schools.  Applying for only 1 school does not improve you chances of gaining a place at this school
• you cannot apply to Emmanuel College using the Council's application system.
• if you rank a school outside Gateshead as one or more of your preferences you must look at the admission policy for that school before submitting your application
• you must apply by 31 October 2023

Admission age ranges September 2024

If your child was born between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013. Your child is due to start year 7 at secondary school in September 2024.

Secondary admissions timeline

For common issues and questions about admissions see the information section of our admissions guide.

Ofsted inspections

Ofsted are changing the way they inspect and report on schools. Find out about the Education Inspection Framework (opens new window) and how the changes might effect you as a parent/guardian.