Each school below shows how many of its pupils get SEN support or have an EHC plan. Open one for its most common needs, how it compares with England and Gateshead, and questions to ask the SENCO.
68 schools
Share of pupils on SEN support and with an EHC plan, January 2026.
- Barley Mow Primary School Primary · Chester le Street · Ages 3–11 SEN support 16.1%EHC plans 5.2%
- Bill Quay Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 2–11 SEN support 9.1%EHC plans 0.8%
- Blaydon West Primary School Primary · Blaydon-on-Tyne · Ages 3–11 SEN support 16.9%EHC plans 0.6%
- Brandling Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 2–11 SEN support 28.1%EHC plans 4.6%
- Brighton Avenue Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 20.8%EHC plans 2.7%
- Caedmon Community Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 15.2%EHC plans 6.9%
- Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead Secondary · Gateshead · Ages 11–18 SEN support 9.2%EHC plans 1.7%
- Carr Hill Community Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 38%EHC plans 2.3%
- Chopwell Primary School Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Ages 2–11 SEN support 16.4%EHC plans 3.1%
- Clover Hill Community Primary School Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Ages 4–11 SEN support 11.9%EHC plans 0.5%
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 20%EHC plans 1.7%
- Crookhill Community Primary School Primary · Ryton · Ages 4–11 SEN support 8.6%EHC plans 3.2%
- Dunston Hill Community Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 16.9%EHC plans 2.2%
- Emmaville Primary School Primary · Ryton · Ages 2–11 SEN support 17%EHC plans 3.8%
- Falla Park Community Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 2–11 SEN support 27.9%EHC plans 2.3%
- Fell Dyke Community Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 28%EHC plans 1.7%
- Fellside Community Primary School Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Ages 3–11 SEN support 8.1%EHC plans 0.9%
- Front Street Community Primary School Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Ages 3–11 SEN support 9.2%EHC plans 2.7%
- Glynwood Community Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 17%EHC plans 2.8%
- Grace College Secondary · Gateshead · Ages 11–18 SEN support 23.6%EHC plans 2.2%
- Greenside Primary School Primary · Ryton · Ages 3–11 SEN support 9.3%EHC plans 0.6%
- Harlow Green Community Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 12%EHC plans 4%
- Heworth Grange School Secondary · Gateshead · Ages 11–16 SEN support 19.1%EHC plans 2.9%
- High Spen Primary School Primary · Rowlands Gill · Ages 2–11 SEN support 11%EHC plans 2.9%
- Highfield Community Primary School Primary · Rowlands Gill · Ages 3–11 SEN support 33.9%EHC plans 1.8%
- Kells Lane Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 7.3%EHC plans 2.2%
- Kelvin Grove Community Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 18.8%EHC plans 2.9%
- Kibblesworth Academy Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 15.9%EHC plans 4%
- Kingsmeadow Community School Secondary · Gateshead · Ages 11–18 SEN support 16.8%EHC plans 2.5%
- Larkspur Community Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 2–11 SEN support 39.6%EHC plans 3.9%
- Lingey House Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 24.2%EHC plans 4.4%
- Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy Secondary · Chester le Street · Ages 11–18 SEN support 10.3%EHC plans 2.1%
- Oakfield Infant School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 4–7 SEN support 10.9%EHC plans 0.8%
- Oakfield Junior School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 7–11 SEN support 22.8%EHC plans 2.3%
- Parkhead Community Primary School Primary · Blaydon-on-Tyne · Ages 3–11 SEN support 15.6%EHC plans 4.1%
- Portobello Primary School Primary · Chester le Street · Ages 3–11 SEN support 17.6%EHC plans 2.7%
- Ravensworth Terrace Primary School Primary · Chester le Street · Ages 4–11 SEN support 16%EHC plans 1.1%
- Riverside Primary Academy Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 29.1%EHC plans 1.7%
- Roman Road Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 41%EHC plans 3.8%
- Ryton Community Infant School Primary · Ryton · Ages 2–7 SEN support 13.2%EHC plans 5%
- Ryton Junior School Primary · Ryton · Ages 7–11 SEN support 16.5%EHC plans 1.5%
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Ages 4–11 SEN support 16.6%EHC plans 1.1%
- South Street Community Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 16.8%EHC plans 2.6%
- St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook Primary · Ryton · Ages 4–11 SEN support 7.4%EHC plans 2.1%
- St Aidan's Church of England Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 14.1%EHC plans 1.9%
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 18.1%EHC plans 3.5%
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green Primary · Gateshead · Ages 4–11 SEN support 16%EHC plans 1.9%
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 17.5%EHC plans 1.9%
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley Primary · Chester le Street · Ages 5–7 SEN support 25%EHC plans 4.4%
- St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley Primary · Chester le Street · Ages 7–11 SEN support 17.1%EHC plans 7.6%
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon Primary · Blaydon-on-Tyne · Ages 3–11 SEN support 11.1%EHC plans 4.9%
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Primary · Gateshead · Ages 4–11 SEN support 10.7%EHC plans 1.2%
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield Primary · Rowlands Gill · Ages 4–11 SEN support 40.7%EHC plans 0%
- St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon Primary · Blaydon-on-Tyne · Ages 3–11 SEN support 6.4%EHC plans 0.4%
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Ages 4–11 SEN support 7.9%EHC plans 1.6%
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 22.5%EHC plans 1.6%
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell Primary · Gateshead · Ages 4–11 SEN support 8.9%EHC plans 1.9%
- St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston Primary · Gateshead · Ages 4–11 SEN support 26.5%EHC plans 7.9%
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon Secondary · Blaydon-on-Tyne · Ages 11–18 SEN support 8.5%EHC plans 2.1%
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 23.7%EHC plans 1.9%
- The Drive Community Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 2–11 SEN support 15%EHC plans 2.3%
- Wardley Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 22.9%EHC plans 4.5%
- Washingwell Community Primary School Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Ages 3–11 SEN support 17.7%EHC plans 5.5%
- West Lane Primary School Primary · Blaydon-on-Tyne · Ages 3–11 SEN support 12.1%EHC plans 3.3%
- Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Ages 4–11 SEN support 13.8%EHC plans 1%
- White Mere Community Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 17.6%EHC plans 3.7%
- Windy Nook Primary School Primary · Gateshead · Ages 3–11 SEN support 20.8%EHC plans 2.1%
- XP Gateshead Secondary · Felling · Ages 11–16 SEN support 22%EHC plans 3.3%
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Questions parents ask
How many mainstream schools are there in Gateshead?
Gateshead has 68 state mainstream schools (61 primary and 7 secondary). In January 2026, at its primary schools, 17.8% of pupils got SEN support and 3.2% had an EHC plan (England: 15.4% and 4.1%); at its secondary schools, 13.8% of pupils got SEN support and 2.3% had an EHC plan (England: 14.1% and 3.5%).
Which mainstream schools in Gateshead have an SEN unit or resourced provision?
Bede Community Primary School, Birtley East Community Primary School, Lobley Hill Primary School, Rowlands Gill Community Primary School, Swalwell Primary School, Thorp Academy and Whickham School. They are listed with the area’s special schools.
How do I get SEN support at a mainstream school?
Talk to the class teacher and the school’s SENCO (special educational needs co-ordinator). Your child doesn’t need a diagnosis. If they need more help than the school can usually give, you or the school can ask Gateshead council for an EHC needs assessment.
What do the figures mean?
SEN support is help in school without an EHC plan; an EHC plan is a legal plan from the council for children who need more. The figures show how many children a school supports, not how well, so talk to the SENCO and read the school’s SEN information report.
School data: DfE Get Information About Schools, SEN figures from DfE Special educational needs in England (the January school census), under the Open Government Licence. Postcode lookups by postcodes.io: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right, Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right, and National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right. Always check details and admissions with the school and your council.