Dunston Hill Community Primary School

Community schoolPrimaryAges 3–11Mixed

Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9NX

Headteacher · Mrs Nicola Rhodes

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 17 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils362Capacity 498

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 18 November 2022

Free school meals26.8%

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 18 November 2022.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Gateshead council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 36 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered36

Applications84

First choice36

First-choice offers36

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).