May Bank Infants' School
Basford Park Road, Newcastle, ST5 0PT
173 pupils · 96% of 180 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Free school meals
- 4.6%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 6 December 2023, published 21 January 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 58 | 55 | 112 | 58 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 50 | 50 | 96 | 50 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 58 | 57 | 133 | 58 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 59 | 61 | 121 | 59 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 56 | 53 | 131 | 55 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 60 | 56 | 116 | 60 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 73 | 153 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 63 | 135 | 60 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School 0.6 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- St Margaret's CofE (VC) Junior School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Hempstalls Primary School 0.8 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Ellison Primary Academy 1.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Etruscan Primary School 1.4 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Harpfield Primary Academy 1.5 km · Improved significantly (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.