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Schools in South Tyneside

63 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

South Tyneside has 63 state schools: 45 primary, 8 secondary, 4 nursery. Between them they teach around 22,675 pupils. 46 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.0 out of 10, and 2 score 8 or above.

8 have a sixth form. 35 take children from age three or under. 18 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Good or better
44
of 44 rated
Average score
5.0
out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Bede Burn Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Simonside Primary School Good · ×0.84 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Dunn Street Primary School Good · ×0.95 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hedworth Lane Primary School Good · ×0.95 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Marsden Primary School Good · ×0.95 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Mortimer Primary School Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Toner Avenue Primary School Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Harton Primary School Good · ×0.97 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in South Tyneside

Primary schools: Explicit: 'All Community and Voluntary Controlled schools in South Tyneside have a defined geographic area called a catchment area.' (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Ashley Academy South Shields · Not judged Bamburgh School South Shields · Not judged Bede Burn Primary School Jarrow · Good Biddick Hall Infants' School South Shields · Good Biddick Hall Junior School South Shields · Not judged Boldon Nursery School Boldon Colliery · Outstanding Boldon School Boldon Colliery · Not judged Cleadon Church of England Academy Sunderland · Good Clervaux Nursery School Jarrow · Outstanding Dunn Street Primary School Jarrow · Good East Boldon Infants' School East Boldon East Boldon Junior School Tyne & Wear Epinay Business and Enterprise School South Shields · Outstanding Fellgate Primary School Jarrow · Good Forest View Primary South Shields · Good Groundwork South and North Tyneside Hebburn · Good Hadrian Primary School South Shields · Good Harton Academy South Shields · Good Harton Primary School South Shields · Good Hebburn Comprehensive School Hebburn Hebburn Lakes Primary School Hebburn · Good Hedworth Lane Primary School Boldon Colliery · Good Hedworthfield Primary School Jarrow · Good Helen Gibson Nursery School East Boldon · Outstanding Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) South Shields · Good Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School Jarrow · Not judged Jarrow School Jarrow · Good Keelman's Way School Hebburn · Good Laygate Community School South Shields · Good Lord Blyton Primary School South Shields Marine Park Primary School South Shields Marsden Primary School Sunderland · Good Monkton Academy South Shields · Good Monkton Infants' School South Shields · Not judged Mortimer Community College South Shields · Not judged Mortimer Primary School South Shields · Good Park View School South Shields · Good Ridgeway Primary Academy South Shields SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields · Good Sea View Primary School South Shields · Good Simonside Primary School Jarrow · Good St Aloysius Catholic Infant School, Hebburn Hebburn · Outstanding St Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy Hebburn · Outstanding St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow Jarrow · Good St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields · Outstanding St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields · Good St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn HEBBURN · Good St Joseph's Catholic Academy Hebburn · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow Jarrow · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School Jarrow · Good St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow Jarrow · Not judged St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields · Good St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School Hebburn · Not judged St Wilfrid's RC College South Shields · Not judged Stanhope Primary School South Shields · Good The Sue Hedley Nursery School Hebburn · Not judged Toner Avenue Primary School Hebburn · Good Tyne Coast College South Shields · Good Valley View Primary School Jarrow · Not judged West Boldon Primary School Boldon Westoe Crown Primary School South Shields · Good Whitburn Church of England Academy Sunderland · Good Whitburn Village Primary School Sunderland · Good

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Hebburn 11 schools Jarrow 13 schools South Shields 28 schools

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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