Thursday May 5 will see voters head to the polls to elect their local Government representatives.
Many polling stations across Gateshead, Newcastle, Sunderland, North and South Tyneside will be schools or use school facilities.
Here is a list of the schools and nurseries being used across the five authorities and whether they will remain open, closed, or partly closed.
Read More: North Tyneside council local elections 2022
If you are unsure where you polling station is it should be printed on the back of your polling card.
Otherwise you can check your council's website or find your polling station online at Where Do I Vote.
Gateshead:
Brighton Avenue Primary School - closed
Caedmon Primary School - open
Grace College - open
Heworth Grange Comprehensive School - open
High Spen Primary school - open
Hill Top School - closed
Kells Lane Primary School - open
Kelvin Grove Community Primary School - closed
Larkspur Community Primary School - open
Lobley Hill Primary School - closed
Portobello Primary School - open
Rowlands Gill Community Primary School - open
St Annes RC Primary School - open
St Augustine Catholic Primary School - nursery closed
St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas RC Primary School - closed
St Oswalds RC Primary - open
Newcastle:
Moorside Primary School - closed
Benton Park School - open
Westfield School - open
Ravenswood Primary School - open
Waverly Primary School - open
Benton Park Primary School - open
St Albans Catholic Primary School - open
North Tyneside:
Sir James Knott Memorial Nursery School - open
St Peters C of E Primary School - open
Western Community Primary - open
Beacon Hill School - open
Hadrian Park Primary School - open
Rockcliffe First School - nursery closed, main school open
Backworth Park Primary School - open
Southridge First School - open
Whitley Lodge First School - open
Wellfield Middle School - open
Stephenson Memorial Primary School - nursery closed, main school open
St Columba`s RC Primary School - open
Redesdale Primary School - open
Jubilee Primary School - nursery closed, main school open
Langley First School - open
Appletree Gardens First School - open
St Bartholomew`s Primary School - open
St Mary`s RC Primary School Nursery - open
Cullercoats Primary School - closed
Forest Hall Primary School - open
Ivy Road Primary School - open
Norham High School - open
St Cuthbert`s RC Primary School - nursery closed, main school open
South Tyneside:
Marine Park Primary School - closed
Hadrian Primary School - nursery closed, main school open
Holy Trinity CoE Academy - nursery closed, main school open
Biddick Hall Junior School - closed
Biddick Hall Infant School - open
Lord blyton Primary School - closed
Monkton Academy - closed
Marsden Primary School - open
Simonside Primary School - open
West Boldon Primary School - closed
Jarrow Cross Primary School - open
Sunderland:
Benedict Biscop CoE Academy - open
Mill Hill Primary School - open
Venerable Bead Academy - open
Hetton Lyons Primary Academy - open
Rainton Primary School - open
Newbottle Primary School - open
Farringdon Academy - open
Grindon Infants School - closed
Richard Avenue Primary School - open
Hudson Road Primary School - open
Valley Road Acadermy - open
Grangetown Primary School - open
Highfield Academy - open
Grange Park Primary School - open
Bexhill Primary School - open
Hylton Castle Primary School - open
Biddick Primary School - closed
JFK Primary School - open
Wessington Primary School - open
Barmston Village Primary School - open
Lambton Primary School - open
Blackfell Primary School - open
George Washington Primary School - open
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