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Crookhill Community Primary School

URN
108366
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Crookhill Community Primary School
URN
108366
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

64 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

64

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

58

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of primary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#36 of 57 schools in Gateshead

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Crookhill Community Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
13 December 2022
Inspection date
19 October 2022
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 13 December 2022

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

28

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

73

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

27

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.61×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Gateshead
Admissions portal
Westminster admissions
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.crookhillprimary.org

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

77.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

73.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

87.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

70.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

NE40 3ES - Hexham Old Road, Ryton, Tyne and Wear

Contact details

Address
Hexham Old Road, Ryton, Tyne and Wear
Postcode
NE40 3ES
Phone
1914334066
Website
www.crookhillprimary.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Gateshead
Local authority code
390

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 187 schools in Gateshead.

Authority statistics

Total schools

187

Open schools

92

Closed schools

95

Primary schools

126

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    13 December 202219 October 2022-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 13 December 2022
    • School remains Good

      Published
      13 December 2022
      Inspected
      19 October 2022
      Type
      -
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    37.0%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 27

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    29

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary126 (67.7%)
    • Secondary29 (15.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other31 (16.7%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon841 mPrimaryOpen
    St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School841 mPrimaryClosed
    Newburn Manor Primary School1.8 kmPrimaryOpen
    Newburn Manor Primary School1.8 kmPrimaryClosed
    Newburn Manor Nursery School1.8 kmNurseryOpen
    Thorp Academy1.8 kmSecondaryOpen
    Charles Thorp Comprehensive School1.8 kmSecondaryClosed
    Ryton Community Infant School1.9 kmPrimaryOpen
    St Thomas More Catholic School1.9 kmSecondaryClosed
    St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon1.9 kmSecondaryOpen
    • St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon
      Distance
      841 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      841 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Newburn Manor Primary School
      Distance
      1.8 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Newburn Manor Primary School
      Distance
      1.8 km
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Gateshead)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Alexandra Road Infant SchoolPrimaryNE8 1NRClosed
    Barley Mow Infant SchoolPrimaryDH3 2DJClosed
    Barley Mow Junior SchoolPrimaryDH3 2DJClosed
    Barley Mow Primary SchoolPrimaryDH3 2DJOpen
    Bede Community Primary SchoolPrimaryNE10 0DJOpen
    • Alexandra Road Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      NE8 1NR
      Status
      Closed
    • Barley Mow Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      DH3 2DJ
      Status
      Closed
    • Barley Mow Junior School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      DH3 2DJ
      Status
      Closed
    • Barley Mow Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      DH3 2DJ
      Status
      Open
    • Bede Community Primary School
  • Newburn Manor Nursery School
    Distance
    1.8 km
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Open
  • Thorp Academy
    Distance
    1.8 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Charles Thorp Comprehensive School
    Distance
    1.8 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Ryton Community Infant School
    Distance
    1.9 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Thomas More Catholic School
    Distance
    1.9 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
    Distance
    1.9 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    NE10 0DJ
    Status
    Open