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Front Street Community Primary School

North View, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE16 4AY

State-funded
Primary
Ages 3–11
Mixed
Nursery classes

Overview

Front Street Community Primary School is a state-funded school (community school) in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East, for pupils aged 3–11. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type
Community school
Establishment group
Local authority maintained schools
Phase of education
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Gender of entry
Mixed
Boarding
No boarders
Sixth form
No
School capacity
472
Pupils on roll
413
URN
108350

Admissions

Admissions policy
Non-selective
Local authority
Gateshead

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School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date
420
Pupils on roll
383
Unfilled places at survey date
37

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Reception

First preferences
59

Times the school was named as a family's first preference.

Total preferences
103

All recorded preference positions for this school.

Offers made
59

Offers recorded through coordinated admissions, not physical capacity.

First preferences compared with offers

1 first preferences per offer

59 first preferences and 59 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions yearFirst preferencesTotal preferencesOffers made
2026/275910359
2025/264710149
2024/255910360
2023/24539857
2022/23418643

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

Primary

2024/25 results

  • Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard

    School
    82%
    England
    62%

    Pupils included: 60

  • Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard

    School
    10%
    England
    8%

    Pupils included: 60

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Other recent inspection activity

These visits do not carry a graded judgement.

  • Ungraded inspection

    Inspected 26 October 2023 · Published 4 December 2023

    Outcome: School remains Outstanding

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

Location

Address
North View, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE16 4AY
Local authority
Gateshead

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