Monkhouse Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 5–11 · North Shields, North Tyneside
Monkhouse Primary School is a primary school in North Shields, North Tyneside for ages 5–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 September 2023. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Wallington Avenue, North Shields, NE30 3SH
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Monkhouse Primary School enjoy learning.”
- “The school’s values are at the centre of school life.”
- “Values such as courage and resilience support pupils to take risks, to do more and achieve well.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects in the wider curriculum, the series of lessons is not clearly sequenced.”
- “This leads to assessments of pupils’ learning and follow-up lessons being less precise.”
- “Where this happens, some pupils cannot recall fully what they have been previously taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 2023 (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) | 87% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 25 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2025, as North Tyneside published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Tyneside.
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cullercoats Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King Edward Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Preston Grange Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Rockcliffe First School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Appletree Gardens First School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published