Preston Grange Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · North Shields, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.08 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Preston Grange Primary School is a primary school in North Shields, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2024. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Preston Grange 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 | 1.08 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2025, the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.08 miles away, the 13th shortest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance.
- For 2026 Reception, there were 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Chiltern Road, Preston Grange, North Shields, NE29 9QL
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 216 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 June 2024
Strengths
- “This is a warm and welcoming school where every pupil is valued.”
- “It is a kind and caring school to attend.”
- “High standards for behaviour are set and pupils understand these.”
To improve
- “However, this recall and retrieval work is used more consistently in some subjects than others.”
- “These tasks are not consistently applied across the foundation”
- “As a result, pupils do not remember as much of their learning in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2024 (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) | 72% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitehouse Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Appletree Gardens First School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Monkhouse Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Langley First School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- New York Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- King Edward Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published