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Best primary schools in South Tyneside

38 of 45 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all South Tyneside schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Biddick Hall Junior School South Shields 87.0% Not judged declining — approximate
2 Stanhope Primary School South Shields 86.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow Jarrow 82.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 West Boldon Primary School Boldon 82.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 East Boldon Junior School Tyne & Wear 81.0% Good — approximate
6 Cleadon Church of England Academy Sunderland 79.0% Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields 77.0% Good about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields 77.0% Outstanding about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Hedworth Lane Primary School Boldon Colliery hidden gem 76.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Jarrow 74.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn HEBBURN hidden gem 73.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Harton Primary School South Shields 70.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields 70.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Valley View Primary School Jarrow 70.0% Not judged improving oversubscribed 1.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Lord Blyton Primary School South Shields 68.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 St Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy Hebburn 68.0% Outstanding — approximate
17 St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields 68.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Forest View Primary South Shields 67.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Marsden Primary School Sunderland hidden gem 67.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School Hebburn 66.0% Not judged declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School Jarrow 65.0% Not judged undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Laygate Community School South Shields 65.0% Good about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Sea View Primary School South Shields 64.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Westoe Crown Primary School South Shields 64.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) South Shields 62.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Hedworthfield Primary School Jarrow 60.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Toner Avenue Primary School Hebburn hidden gem 57.0% Good improving about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Hadrian Primary School South Shields 56.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Bede Burn Primary School Jarrow hidden gem 54.0% Good undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Fellgate Primary School Jarrow 54.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Mortimer Primary School South Shields hidden gem 54.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Ridgeway Primary Academy South Shields 51.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow Jarrow hidden gem 50.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow Jarrow 48.0% Not judged about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Ashley Academy South Shields 45.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Simonside Primary School Jarrow hidden gem 37.0% Good undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 Hebburn Lakes Primary School Hebburn 31.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 Monkton Academy South Shields 28.0% Good — approximate

Also in South Tyneside

7 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of South Tyneside, not a fairer one.

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