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

South Shields has 28 state schools: 21 primary, 3 secondary, part of South Tyneside's wider catchment. 28 have a published Ofsted rating, and 21 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Ashley Academy South Shields · Not judged Bamburgh School South Shields · Not judged Biddick Hall Infants' School South Shields · Good Biddick Hall Junior School South Shields · Not judged Epinay Business and Enterprise School South Shields · Outstanding Forest View Primary South Shields · Good Hadrian Primary School South Shields · Good Harton Academy South Shields · Good Harton Primary School South Shields · Good Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) South Shields · Good Laygate Community School South Shields · Good Lord Blyton Primary School South Shields · Requires improvement Marine Park Primary School South Shields · Outstanding 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 · Good SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields · Good Sea View Primary School South Shields · Good St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields · Outstanding St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields · Good St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields · Good St Wilfrid's RC College South Shields · Not judged Stanhope Primary School South Shields · Good Tyne Coast College South Shields · Good Westoe Crown Primary School South Shields · Good

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.

Marine Park Primary School Outstanding · ×0.94 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Mortimer 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.

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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