School place planning in Newcastle Borough
The borough of Newcastle is made up of two distinct areas:
A two-tier education system, with primary (4-11 years) and secondary (11- 16/18 years) schools, operates throughout the borough.
Printable map of Newcastle borough:
For the purpose of school place planning the borough is broken down into smaller planning areas which are used to plan the number of school places required. These have been grouped based on the geographical location of schools, and by assessing pupil movement between schools and catchment areas.
Newcastle has 30 primary schools, 1 infant school, 1 junior school and 7 secondary schools.
There are currently no projects to provide additional places planned to be delivered within the next five years in Newcastle, however, in the longer term additional school places may be required.
Printable planning cluster map
Kidsgrove has 9 primary schools and 2 secondary schools.
There are currently no additional places planned within the next five years in Kidsgrove however in the longer term additional school places may be required.
Printable planning cluster map
New schools
There are currently no new schools planned within the next five years in Newcastle borough.
Potentially one new primary school could be delivered beyond the next five years. This school may be required to mitigate the impact of local plan housing.
School expansions
There are currently no school expansions planned within the next five years in Newcastle Borough.
Current consultations
There are currently no live consultations for this area.
Delivered projects
The following projects have been completed since September 2019:
| School | Places | Date completed |
|---|
| Madeley High School |
75 |
February 2025 |
| Baldwins Gate CE(VE) Primary |
35 |
June 2021 |