Bill Quay Primary School

Community school·Primary school Gateshead·NE10 0UN
Composite score
63.1
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#3,120
National rank
#173
In North East
#14
In Gateshead
Top 21%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
32 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
65
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
29%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Bill Quay Primary School yet. Gateshead does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
200
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,570
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Bill Quay Primary School at a glance

Located in Gateshead, Bill Quay Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 200 pupils aged 2 to 11. 72% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 21% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Bill Quay Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 32 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Bill Quay Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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