Schools in NE21
Primary and secondary schools serving NE21, with inspection ratings, pupil numbers and distances.
- Council
- Gateshead
- Region
- North East
- Population
- 20,805 (2024)
NE21Postcode district · Blaydon-on-Tyne
Schools in NE21
7 schools in NE21: 6 primary and 1 secondary. 100% of those with an Ofsted grade are rated good or better. The 6 that publish a capacity are 90% full overall, and 2 have more pupils than places.
Inspection ratings
- Good85.7%
- Not rated14.3%
The largest schools here
- St Thomas More Catholic School, BlaydonSecondary · ages 11–18 · Faith school · 1,401 pupils · 93% fullGood0.3 miles · March 2023
- Parkhead Community Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 320 pupils · 79% fullGood0.5 miles · May 2023
- West Lane Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 305 pupils · 72% fullGood0.6 miles · November 2022
- St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, BlaydonPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 234 pupils · 111% fullNot rated1 mile
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BlaydonPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 226 pupils · 108% fullGood0.3 miles · March 2023
- Crookhill Community Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · 186 pupils · 89% fullGood1.3 miles · October 2022
- Blaydon West Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 166 pupilsGood0.5 miles · December 2022
Ofsted replaced single overall grades with report cards in November 2025. The rating shown here reflects each school’s latest inspection: its new report card where it has one, or its most recent graded inspection otherwise. Check the inspection date beside each school.
Occupancy compares pupils on roll with published school capacity. Sources: Department for Education (Get Information About Schools), Ofsted, and the Welsh and Scottish school registers. Open Government Licence v3.0.