Schools in Newcastle
Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire has 22 state schools administered by Staffordshire County Council. The borough sits immediately west of Stoke-on-Trent and shares a continuous urban area with it, so some families living near the boundary consider schools on both sides. Primary oversubscription is most notable in the Westlands and Silverdale areas, where well-regarded primaries have offered places within 0.5 miles in recent years.
Secondary admissions in Newcastle-under-Lyme are co-ordinated by Staffordshire County Council. Most secondary schools use straight-line distance as the tiebreaker after looked-after children and siblings. The council's annual admissions booklet includes the previous year's distances offered for every school.
School demand in Newcastle
Across the 20 schools in Newcastle with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 90%. 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.
7 schools in Newcastle have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
16 of the schools in Newcastle 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.
11 of the schools in Newcastle have a current Ofsted rating, of which 9 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Newcastle: 1 oversubscribed (17)
Hassell Primary School
Primary · Community school
Newcastle · ST5 1LF
May Bank Infants' School
Primary · Community school
Newcastle · ST5 0PT
St Chad's CofE (C) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Newcastle · ST5 7AB
St Luke's CofE (C) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Newcastle · ST5 6QJ
St Margaret's CofE (VC) Junior School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Newcastle · ST5 0HU
Bursley Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle · ST5 8JQ
Churchfields Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Newcastle · ST5 7HY
Silverdale Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Newcastle · ST5 6PB
St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle · ST5 2NB
Hempstalls Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle · ST5 9LH
Ellison Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle · ST5 0BL
Crackley Bank Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle · ST5 7BE
St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle · ST5 0EF
Co-op Academy Friarswood
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle · ST5 2ES
Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle · ST5 4AG
Langdale Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle · ST5 3QE
St John's CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Newcastle · ST5 5AF
Secondary Schools in Newcastle (2)
Other Schools in Newcastle (3)
Oaklands Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Newcastle · ST5 0EX
Coppice Academy
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Newcastle · ST5 2EY
Merryfields School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Newcastle · ST5 9NY
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Newcastle 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.