Contested schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
These are the Newcastle upon Tyne schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Newcastle upon Tyne
Secondary schools (6)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Catholic School | 225 | 414 | 1.84 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic High School | 225 | 322 | 1.43 |
| Walker Riverside Academy | 219 | 276 | 1.26 |
| Jesmond Park Academy | 330 | 378 | 1.15 |
| Callerton Academy | 240 | 233 | 0.97 |
| St Cuthbert's High School | 220 | 210 | 0.95 |
Primary schools (28)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Primary School | 30 | 60 | 2 |
| St Vincents Catholic Primary School, Newcastle | 30 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Gosforth Park First School | 60 | 79 | 1.32 |
| Archibald First School | 60 | 77 | 1.28 |
| West Jesmond Primary School | 90 | 114 | 1.27 |
| St Charles' Catholic Primary School | 29 | 36 | 1.24 |
| Farne Primary School | 30 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Broadwood Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Fenham | 60 | 68 | 1.13 |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Heaton | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Throckley Primary School | 45 | 51 | 1.13 |
| Havannah First School | 90 | 99 | 1.10 |
| Bridgewater Primary School | 60 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Our Lady and St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Benton Park Primary School | 60 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Wingrove Primary School | 60 | 62 | 1.03 |
| St Johns Primary School | 25 | 25 | 1 |
| Tyneview Primary School | 22 | 22 | 1 |
| Hotspur Primary School | 42 | 41 | 0.98 |
| South Gosforth First School | 60 | 58 | 0.97 |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker | 29 | 28 | 0.97 |
| St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Kenton | 22 | 21 | 0.95 |
| St Mark's Catholic Primary School, Westerhope | 27 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Kingston Park Primary School | 81 | 74 | 0.91 |
| Welbeck Academy | 54 | 46 | 0.85 |
| Stocksfield Avenue Primary School | 60 | 49 | 0.82 |
| St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth | 30 | 24 | 0.80 |
| Cragside Primary School | 51 | 40 | 0.78 |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.