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When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.
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’ 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. Distance is measured using a geographical information system (GIS). Where two or more applicants share the 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. This policy explicitly applies only to Heworth Grange School and Kingsmeadow Community School; other Gateshead community/VC secondary schools may have different arrangements not covered in this document.
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.
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