Shiremoor Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
62.38 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Shiremoor Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Shiremoor 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 | 62.38 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2025 last distance offered was 62.38 miles, the longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance (middle figure 1.94 miles).
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 37 first-choice applications for 50 offers; 35 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 37.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 21.8% 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
- Stanton Road, Shiremoor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0PW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 319 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “Shiremoor School sets high expectations for all pupils.”
- “This inspires pupils to do their best so that they can achieve their ambitions.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and are enthusiastic learners.”
To improve
- “However, some older pupils are not fully ready for the key stage 2 curriculum because they have gaps in their phonics knowledge.”
- “The way in which phonics is organised leads to some older pupils missing English lessons.”
- “As a result, for some pupils, the gap is widening further between them and their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 April 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) | 77% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 35 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.
- Holystone Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- South Wellfield First School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Backworth Park Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- New York Primary School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hadrian Park Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Langley First School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Battle Hill Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published