Richardson Dees Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Wallsend, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.34 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Richardson Dees Primary School is a primary school in Wallsend, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2022. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Richardson Dees 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 | 1.34 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 1.34 miles away, the 19th shortest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.94 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 37 first-choice applications for 29 offers, 1.3 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 52 North Tyneside primary schools.
- 45.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 31.6% 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
- High Street East, Wallsend, NE28 7RT
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 206 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 June 2022
Strengths
- “Many pupils say that school is their favourite place.”
- “One pupil commented, ‘I think of school as my home.”
- “Pupils talk about having good friends.”
To improve
- “Previously, leaders recognised that the curriculum needed to be improved.”
- “Pupils’ achievement was not strong enough.”
- “However, some pupils are given books to read that are too difficult.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 52% | 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, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Carville Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Western Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stephenson Memorial Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wallsend Jubilee Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Battle Hill Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published