Schools in Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme has 18 schools in the catchment.school database — 7 primaries and 3 secondaries — within Staffordshire County Council's co-ordinated admissions area. Ten of the 18 schools are academies with independent admissions policies, and 4 have a faith character including the Catholic comprehensive St John Fisher Catholic College.
The three secondaries — St John Fisher Catholic College, Newcastle Academy, and Haywood Academy (also covering the Trent Vale area) — serve overlapping geographic zones. Staffordshire co-ordinates admissions through its annual School Admissions Guide. The town's proximity to Keele University and the wider Stoke-on-Trent conurbation means population density is higher to the east, where some primary catchments can be very tight. Families in rural parishes west of the town should check transport eligibility with Staffordshire Council before ranking schools.
School demand in Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Across the 16 schools in Newcastle-Under-Lyme with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 77%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
4 schools in Newcastle-Under-Lyme have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
10 of the schools in Newcastle-Under-Lyme are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Staffordshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
5 of the schools in Newcastle-Under-Lyme have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Newcastle-Under-Lyme: 1 oversubscribed (7)
Baldwins Gate CofE(VC) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Newcastle-Under-Lyme · ST5 5DF
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle Under Lyme · ST5 2TA
Knutton St Marys CofE Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Newcastle Under Lyme · ST5 6EB
Sun Academy Bradwell
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle-Under-Lyme · ST5 8JN
Chesterton Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle-Under-Lyme · ST5 7NT
Seabridge Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle-Under-Lyme · ST5 3PJ
Westlands Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle-under-Lyme · ST5 2QY
Secondary Schools in Newcastle-Under-Lyme (3)
St John Fisher Catholic College
Secondary · Academy converter
Newcastle Under Lyme · ST5 2SJ
Newcastle Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Newcastle Under Lyme · ST5 2QS
Clayton Hall Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Newcastle-under-Lyme · ST5 3DN
Other Schools in Newcastle-Under-Lyme (8)
Edenhurst Preparatory School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Newcastle-under-Lyme · ST5 2PU
Newcastle-under-Lyme School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Newcastle-under-Lyme · ST5 1DB
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group
All through · Further education
Newcastle-under-Lyme · ST5 2GB
Cedars - Newcastle, Moorlands and Darwin Bases
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Newcastle-under-Lyme · ST5 6BX
Blackfriars Academy
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Newcastle-under-Lyme · ST5 2TF
Castle Hill School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Newcastle Under Lyme · ST7 8DH
Lyme Brook Independent School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Newcastle Under-Lyme · ST5 1JB
Kaleidoscope School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Newcastle-Under-Lyme · ST5 0EZ
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Newcastle-Under-Lyme are set by Staffordshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.