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Distance depends on the band here
XP Gateshead admits by banding: applicants are placed into bands and each band is filled separately, so there is no single last-offer distance. Each band has its own, and which one applies depends on your child's assessment — so one number could not answer this for every child.
How the bands work: Applicants will be placed in one of 5 bands based on their assessment score. The children with the highest score will be placed in band 1 and the children with the lowest score will be placed in band 5. The bands will correspond with the local ability range in Gateshead. The school will apply the oversubscription criteria to determine which applicants to admit from each band. Children whose assessment scores are in the top 20% of the local ability range would be placed into Band 1, then the following bands would be filled in the same way. The academy trust will apply the oversubscription criteria to admit 10 pupils from each band to reach our admission number of 50.
Your local authority’s admissions booklet publishes the cut-off for each band. The full ranked criteria are on the Admissions tab.
When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.
If two applications tie: If a tie-break is necessary, random allocation will be used to determine which child will be offered a place. The admissions authority will conduct the random allocation.
All children with an Education, Health and Care plan that names the school will be admitted first, before the numbered criteria are applied. Applicants who did not take the fair banding assessment will be considered after other applicants.
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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