Admissions

We are expecting to be oversubscribed again in 2025 due to our increasing popularity. Distance to school and/or whether you are living in our catchment area is therefore a large factor in admissions this year. We have had previous years where everyone who wanted a place received one, as we had not reached our PAN (published admission number) of 180 in each year group. This year we exceeded that number significantly, so if you live out of catchment or further away and have named us as your first preference, unfortunately, the equal preference/oversubscription criteria apply. Please refer to page 34 in the admissions guide here.

The instructions will be in your offer letter/email regarding the confirmation of places, how to accept/reject places and how to appeal against a decision.

North Tyneside is our admissions authority; we do not deal with admissions independently. Any queries should be directed to school.admissions@northtyneside.gov.uk.  

Follow the steps and timeline here.

We do not hold this information as a school; this is managed by North Tyneside admissions until December each year.

There is no such thing as a formal feeder school for us - our oversubscription criteria is based on catchment, sibling link and distance from the school, not where you go to school now. We admitted students from 22 different primary schools across North Tyneside and Newcastle in September 2024. Students came to us from primarily from the following schools:

• Amberley
• Backworth Park
• Bailey Green
• Balliol
• Benton Dene
• Burradon
• Forest Hall
• Holystone
• Ivy Road
• Shiremoor
• St Bart's
• St Mary's
• St Stephen's
• Westmoor

Detailed below are the admission arrangements that were determined by the Governing Body of Longbenton High School in accordance with the School Admission Code 2014.

For further information about school admission arrangements in North Tyneside contact the Access Team:

Tel: (0191) 6438724

Email: school.admissions@northtyneside.gov.uk