Proudly supporting the North East
If you're from the North East or Tees Valley, a guaranteed or reduced offer could be waiting for you.
Live in the North East or Tees Valley? Get a guaranteed offer and build your future close to home.
If you’re a local student from the North East or Tees Valley, you may benefit from guaranteed offer, reduced offer, or both, by studying or living within Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham and Tees Valley.
While attainment across the North East is among the lowest nationally, we believe this should not limit your future. That's why we provide support, guidance and opportunities to help you progress successfully to university.
Proudly supporting the North East
Get a guaranteed offer and build your future closer to home:
- Regional Guaranteed Offer if you live or study in eligible postcode areas (including independent schools).
- Regional Contextual Offer if you’re studying at a state school in the region – an offer up to two grades lower than our standard offer for your chosen degree.
Eligible for more than one? They can be used together. Where this applies, the benefits can be combined.
Course exceptions and essential conditions
The following courses have restricted quotas and /or require an interview. These courses are not included in our regional guaranteed or contextual offer.
- Medicine and Surgery (A100, A101)
- Dental Surgery (A206)
- Dental Therapy (A207)
- Pharmacy (B230)
- Dietetics (B401)
- Fine Art (W150)
- Speech and Language Therapy (B621)
- Master of Speech and Language Sciences (B62M)
- Architecture (K100)
- Business Accounting and Finance with work placements (NN14)
You must also:
- be predicted CCC or above at A level (or equivalent)
- meet any subject requirements for the course applied to. For example, if the course you're applying to requires specific GCSE subjects, these conditions must be met
Check if your home and/or school postcode for the Regional Guaranteed Offer
If you live or study in one of the following postcode areas, you may be eligible for the guaranteed offer.
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Local Authority |
Postcode Prefix |
|---|---|
| Newcastle | NE1 - NE17 |
| Gateshead | NE8 - NE11 |
| North Tyneside | NE23 - NE30 |
| South Tyneside | NE31 - NE36 |
| Sunderland | SR1 - SR9 |
| County Durham | DH1- DH9, DH97- DH99, DL4 -17 |
| Northumberland | NE18 - NE71 |
| Middlesbrough | TS1 - TS9 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | TS15 - TS23 |
| Hartlepool | TS24 - TS27 |
| Redcar & Cleveland | TS6, TS10 - TS14 |
| Darlington | DL1 - DL3 |
Check if your school/college is eligible for the Regional Contextual Offer
If you’re studying at one of the following state schools in the region, you may be eligible for an offer up to two grades lower than our standard offer for your chosen degree.
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Abbey Hill Academy (TS19 8BU) |
Hermitage Academy (DH2 3AD) |
Src Bede Sixth Form (TS23 3HB) |
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Ashington Academy (NE63 8DH) |
Hexham Priory School (NE46 1UY) |
St Aidan's & St Anthony's Catholic Sixth Form (SR2 7JN) |
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Barbara Priestman Academy (SR2 7QN) |
Hope Wood Academy (SR8 3LP) |
St Aidan's Catholic Academy (SR2 7HJ) |
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Beaumont Hill Academy (DL1 2AN) |
James Calvert Spence College (NE65 0NG) |
St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy (SR2 7JN) |
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Bede Academy (NE24 2SY) |
Jesmond Park Academy (NE7 7DP) |
St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College (SR8 1DE) |
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Bedlington Academy (NE22 7DS) |
Kenton School (NE3 3RU) |
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester (DH7 0RD) |
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Berwick Academy (TD15 2JF) |
Kilton Thorpe Specialist Academy (TS12 2UW) |
St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy (NE22 6ED) |
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Bishop Auckland College (DL14 6JZ) |
King James I Academy Bishop Auckland (DL14 7JZ) |
St Cuthbert's High School (NE15 7PX) |
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Burnside College (NE28 7LQ) |
Kings Priory School (NE30 4RF) |
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College (DL14 6JT) |
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Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead (NE9 6RZ) |
Kingsmeadow Community School (NE11 9NX) |
St Joseph's Catholic Academy (NE31 2ET) |
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Carmel College (DL3 8RW) |
Longbenton High School (NE12 8ER) |
St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham (DH1 4NG) |
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Catcote Academy (TS25 4EZ) |
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy (DH3 2LP) |
St Mary's Catholic School (NE7 7PE) |
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Christ's College (SR4 8PG) |
Macmillan Academy (TS5 4AG) |
St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Washington (NE38 8AF) |
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Churchill Community College (NE28 7TN) |
Middlesbrough College (TS2 1AD) |
St Thomas More Catholic High School (NE29 8LF) |
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City of Sunderland College (SR3 4AH) |
Monkseaton High School (NE25 9EQ) |
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon (NE21 4BQ) |
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City of Sunderland College - Hartlepool Sixth Form College (TS25 5PF) |
Monkwearmouth Academy (SR6 8LG) |
St Wilfrid's RC College (NE34 0QA) |
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City of Sunderland College - Northumberland College (NE63 9RG) |
NCEA Castle School (NE63 9FZ) |
Studio West (NE5 2SZ) |
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Consett Academy (DH8 6LZ) |
NCEA Duke's Secondary School (NE63 9FZ) |
Teesdale School and Sixth Form (DL12 8HH) |
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Conyers School (TS15 9ET) |
New College Durham (DH1 5ES) |
The Cedars Academy (NE9 6QD) |
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Cramlington Learning Village (NE23 6BN) |
Newcastle Bridges School (NE3 3RU) |
The Duchess's Community High School (NE66 2DH) |
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Darlington College (DL1 1DR) |
Newcastle City Learning (NE4 9LU) |
The Education Training Collective (TS17 6FB) |
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Derwentside College (DH8 5EE) |
Newcastle College (NE4 7SA) |
The Education Training Collective - Bede Sixth Form College (TS23 3HB) |
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Durham Johnston Comprehensive School (DH1 4SU) |
Newcastle College Group (NE4 7SA) |
The Education Training Collective - Redcar and Cleveland College (TS10 1EZ) |
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Durham Sixth Form Centre (DH1 1SG) |
Newcastle Sixth Form College (NE4 7SA) |
The Education Training Collective - Stockton Riverside College (TS17 6FB) |
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East Durham College (SR8 2RN) |
North East Futures UTC (NE1 3AS) |
The King Edward VI School (NE61 1DN) |
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East Durham College - Houghall (DH1 3SG) |
Northallerton School & Sixth Form College (DL6 1DD) |
The King's Academy (TS8 0GA) |
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East Durham College - Peterlee (SR8 2RN) |
Nunthorpe School & Sixth Form (TS7 0LA) |
The Northern College of Art (TS1 1LA) |
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Egglescliffe School (TS16 0LA) |
Park View School (DH3 3QA) |
Thomas Bewick School (NE5 2LW) |
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Emmanuel College (NE11 0AN) |
Ponteland High School (NE20 9EG) |
Thorp Academy (NE40 3AH) |
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English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College (TS25 4HA) |
Portland Academy (SR3 2NQ) |
Trinity Catholic College (TS4 3JW) |
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Excelsior Academy (NE15 6AF) |
Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College (TS14 6BU) |
Trinity Solutions Academy (NE4 8XJ) |
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Framwellgate School Durham (DH1 5BQ) |
Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College - Prior Pursglove College (TS14 6BU) |
Tyne Coast College (NE34 6ET) |
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Gateshead College (NE8 3BE) |
Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College - Stockton Sixth Form College (TS19 0QD) |
Tyne Coast College - South Tyneside College (NE34 6ET) |
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George Stephenson High School (NE12 6SA) |
Prudhoe Community High School (NE42 5LJ) |
Tyne Coast College - Tyne Metropolitan College (NE28 9NL) |
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Gosforth Academy (NE3 2JH) |
Queen Elizabeth High School (NE46 3JB) |
UTC South Durham (DL5 6AP) |
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Grace College (NE9 6LE) |
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College (DL3 7AU) |
Walbottle Academy (NE15 9TP) |
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Hartlepool College of Further Education (TS24 7NT) |
Richmond School & Sixth Form College (DL10 7BQ) |
Walker Riverside Academy (NE6 4AW) |
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Harton Academy (NE34 6DL) |
Sacred Heart Catholic High School (NE4 9YH) |
Whickham School (NE16 5AR) |
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Haydon Bridge High School (NE47 6LR) |
Seaton Valley High School (NE25 0FW) |
Whitburn Church of England Academy (SR6 7EF) |
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Haydon Bridge High School (NE47 6LR) |
Southmoor Academy (SR2 7TF) |
Whitley Bay High School (NE25 9AS) |
Just apply through UCAS and we'll do the rest
You don’t need to apply separately.
We'll check your eligibility using the information you've already provided in your UCAS application.
Submit your UCAS form by the relevant UCAS deadlines for your course(s) and we will take your circumstances into account when considering your application.
Make sure you’re aware of the key dates and deadlines provided by UCAS