King Edward Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
3.12 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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King Edward Primary School is a primary school in North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 June 2025. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
King Edward Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 3.12 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 3.12 miles away, the 15th longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 60 first-choice applications for 60 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 48% in 2024/25 met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside.
- There are 25.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19 across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Preston Avenue, North Shields, North Tyneside, NE30 2BD
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 473 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are full of enthusiasm about their experience at this happy and caring school.”
- “Pupils are well supported by staff.”
- “Pupils demonstrate excellent attitudes to their learning.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s approach to this is inconsistent.”
- “Information about what pupils have, and have not, remembered is sometimes not used effectively to adapt future learning.”
- “In some subjects, some pupils have not mastered the curriculum in sufficient depth.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 48% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 60 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Tyneside.
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Spring Gardens Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monkhouse Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Whitehouse Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Waterville Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Preston Grange Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published