What did Ofsted judge Barley Mow Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Barley Mow Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in November 2014 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in February 2024 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Barley Mow Primary School?

Barley Mow Primary School has 155 pupils on roll.

What ages does Barley Mow Primary School take?

Barley Mow Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Barley Mow Primary School located?

Barley Mow Primary School is located in Chester le Street, DH3 2DJ, Gateshead.

How do I apply to Barley Mow Primary School?

Barley Mow Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

How close do you need to live to get into Barley Mow Primary School?

Distance did not decide places at Barley Mow Primary School for 2025-26 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

How are Reception places decided at Barley Mow Primary School?

When Barley Mow Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in Public Care — Children in Public Care (and as deemed under Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) including a child who was previously “looked after” but immediately after being “looked after” became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order (see definition*). Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Catchment area with sibling — Children who live in the school’s catchment area and who will have a brother or sister at the school, or at the feeder junior school during the coming academic year. (See definition*); 3. Other children in catchment area — Other children who live in the school’s catchment area, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 30 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If, within any of the above criteria, there are more applicants than places available priority will be given to those children based on the distance they live from the school, measured ‘as the crow flies’ i.e., in a straight line from the centre of the home residence to the school’s main entrance. Children living nearest to the school will have priority. We measure the distance using a geographical information system (GIS). Where two or more applicants share the exact same distance, a random allocation process will be used to determine the ranked order of the applications in question.

What is the largest ethnic background at Barley Mow Primary School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 80.6% of pupils at Barley Mow Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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Distance did not decide places here

Every applicant who applied on time was offered a place for 2025-26 (Reception), so there was no cut-off distance. This changes from year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

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How places are decided at Barley Mow Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Children in Public Care — Children in Public Care (and as deemed under Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) including a child who was previously “looked after” but immediately after being “looked after” became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order (see definition*). Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Catchment area with sibling — Children who live in the school’s catchment area and who will have a brother or sister at the school, or at the feeder junior school during the coming academic year. (See definition*).
3Other children in catchment area — Other children who live in the school’s catchment area.
4Other children with sibling — Other children who will have a brother or sister at the school or at the feeder junior school during the coming academic year (see definition*).
5Exceptional medical or social grounds — Other children who have exceptional medical or social grounds see point 1 below.
6All other children — All other children.

If two applications tie: If, within any of the above criteria, there are more applicants than places available priority will be given to those children based on the distance they live from the school, measured ‘as the crow flies’ i.e., in a straight line from the centre of the home residence to the school’s main entrance. Children living nearest to the school will have priority. We measure the distance using a geographical information system (GIS). Where two or more applicants share the exact same distance, a random allocation process will be used to determine the ranked order of the applications in question.

Local-authority coordinated default oversubscription criteria for Gateshead Council's community and voluntary-controlled schools (the council is the admission authority). Some community/voluntary-controlled schools in this authority apply catchment-area, feeder-school or priority-area variants — check the individual school for its exact arrangements. Whickham Parochial Church of England Controlled Primary School uses a variant order where sibling-in-catchment (criteria 2) is followed by sibling-not-necessarily-in-catchment (criteria 3) before other-in-catchment (criteria 4), differing from the standard order used by all other listed schools.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Barley Mow Primary School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Barley Mow Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Barley Mow Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in November 2014 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in February 2024 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Barley Mow Primary School?: Barley Mow Primary School has 155 pupils on roll.
What ages does Barley Mow Primary School take?: Barley Mow Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.
Where is Barley Mow Primary School located?: Barley Mow Primary School is located in Chester le Street, DH3 2DJ, Gateshead.
How do I apply to Barley Mow Primary School?: Barley Mow Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
How close do you need to live to get into Barley Mow Primary School?: Distance did not decide places at Barley Mow Primary School for 2025-26 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
How are Reception places decided at Barley Mow Primary School?: When Barley Mow Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in Public Care — Children in Public Care (and as deemed under Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) including a child who was previously “looked after” but immediately after being “looked after” became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order (see definition*). Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Catchment area with sibling — Children who live in the school’s catchment area and who will have a brother or sister at the school, or at the feeder junior school during the coming academic year. (See definition*); 3. Other children in catchment area — Other children who live in the school’s catchment area, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 30 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If, within any of the above criteria, there are more applicants than places available priority will be given to those children based on the distance they live from the school, measured ‘as the crow flies’ i.e., in a straight line from the centre of the home residence to the school’s main entrance. Children living nearest to the school will have priority. We measure the distance using a geographical information system (GIS). Where two or more applicants share the exact same distance, a random allocation process will be used to determine the ranked order of the applications in question.
What is the largest ethnic background at Barley Mow Primary School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 80.6% of pupils at Barley Mow Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Barley Mow Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Children in Public Care — Children in Public Care (and as deemed under Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) including a child who was previously “looked after” but immediately after being “looked after” became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order (see definition*). Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Catchment area with sibling — Children who live in the school’s catchment area and who will have a brother or sister at the school, or at the feeder junior school during the coming academic year. (See definition*).
3Other children in catchment area — Other children who live in the school’s catchment area.
4Other children with sibling — Other children who will have a brother or sister at the school or at the feeder junior school during the coming academic year (see definition*).
5Exceptional medical or social grounds — Other children who have exceptional medical or social grounds see point 1 below.
6All other children — All other children.

Barley Mow Primary School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Barley Mow Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Barley Mow Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in November 2014 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in February 2024 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Barley Mow Primary School?: Barley Mow Primary School has 155 pupils on roll.
What ages does Barley Mow Primary School take?: Barley Mow Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.
Where is Barley Mow Primary School located?: Barley Mow Primary School is located in Chester le Street, DH3 2DJ, Gateshead.
How do I apply to Barley Mow Primary School?: Barley Mow Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
How close do you need to live to get into Barley Mow Primary School?: Distance did not decide places at Barley Mow Primary School for 2025-26 (Reception): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
How are Reception places decided at Barley Mow Primary School?: When Barley Mow Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children in Public Care — Children in Public Care (and as deemed under Section 22 of the Children Act 1989) including a child who was previously “looked after” but immediately after being “looked after” became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order (see definition*). Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Catchment area with sibling — Children who live in the school’s catchment area and who will have a brother or sister at the school, or at the feeder junior school during the coming academic year. (See definition*); 3. Other children in catchment area — Other children who live in the school’s catchment area, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 30 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If, within any of the above criteria, there are more applicants than places available priority will be given to those children based on the distance they live from the school, measured ‘as the crow flies’ i.e., in a straight line from the centre of the home residence to the school’s main entrance. Children living nearest to the school will have priority. We measure the distance using a geographical information system (GIS). Where two or more applicants share the exact same distance, a random allocation process will be used to determine the ranked order of the applications in question.
What is the largest ethnic background at Barley Mow Primary School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 80.6% of pupils at Barley Mow Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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