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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. 25 have a published Ofsted rating, and 19 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

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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.

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.

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 Marine Park Primary School South Shields 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 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

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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