Holystone Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.51 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Holystone Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2023. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Holystone 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 | 0.51 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 0.51 miles away, the 5th shortest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 20% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 63 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 52 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 9.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 37.9% 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
- Whitley Road, Holystone, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE27 0DA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 456 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school embody the ‘Holystone ethos’.”
- “Leaders have ensured that the school’s values, which include respect, independence and resilience, are at the centre of all that the school does.”
- “The school’s curriculum further embeds these values.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, this is not the case at breaktimes or lunchtimes.”
- “In a small number of foundation subjects, assessment within the curriculum is not being used precisely enough to check on pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 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) | 71% | 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: 63 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 52 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.
- Shiremoor Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Backworth Park Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hadrian Park Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Forest Hall Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ivy Road Primary School 1.2 mi Inadequate Last distance published
- Battle Hill Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published