Collingwood Primary School
Primary · Community 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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Collingwood Primary School is a primary school in North Shields, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 May 2023. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Collingwood 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
- The last Reception 2025 place went to a child 1.08 miles away, 13th shortest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance (middle 1.94 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 41 first-choice applications for 47 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Oswin Terrace, Collingwood Primary School, North Shields, NE29 7JQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 342 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 May 2023
Strengths
- “Relationships between staff, pupils, parents and carers at Collingwood Primary School are very positive.”
- “Staff are very supportive of all pupils.”
- “They have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and learning.”
To improve
- “Some pupils have gaps in their phonic and reading knowledge.”
- “However, some staff members feel less confident about delivering some aspects of phonics.”
- “This leads to occasional inconsistencies in the way phonics is taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 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) | 61% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 41 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Riverside Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Spring Gardens Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whitehouse Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Waterville Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Percy Main Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published