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Austen Shakespeare

Local Elections 2022: The North East schools being used as polling stations

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

How will school closures affect your election day? Comment below.

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