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21 open schools in North Shields, North Tyneside · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all North Tyneside schools · grammar schools in North Shields

North Shields has 21 state schools: 14 primary, 4 secondary, part of North Tyneside's wider catchment. 21 have a published Ofsted rating, and 17 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Christ Church CofE Primary School North Shields · Good Collingwood Primary School North Shields · Good Cullercoats Primary School North Shields · Good John Spence Community High School North Shields · Requires improvement Kings Priory School North Shields · Good Marden High School North Shields · Good Monkhouse Primary School North Shields · Good New York Primary School North Shields · Outstanding Norham High School North Shields · Good Percy Main Primary School North Shields · Good Preston Grange Primary School North Shields · Good Riverside Primary School North Shields · Requires improvement Sir James Knott Memorial Nursery School North Shields · Good Southlands School North Shields · Good Spring Gardens Primary School North Shields · Requires improvement St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields North Shields · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields North Shields · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats North Shields · Good St Thomas More Catholic High School North Shields · Good Waterville Primary School North Shields · Good Whitehouse Primary School North Shields · Inadequate

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.

Collingwood Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Thomas More Catholic High School Good · ×0.95 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Waterville Primary School Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Preston Grange Primary School Good · ×0.97 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Cullercoats Primary School Good · ×0.98 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in North Tyneside

Primary schools: Explicit: 'pupils who live within the catchment area of the school', with sibling priority applied within the catchment category. (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.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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