Christ Church CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · North Shields, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.31 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Christ Church CofE Primary School is a primary school in North Shields, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 November 2022. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Christ Church CofE 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 | 2.31 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For 2025 Reception entry, the last child offered a place lived 2.31 miles away, the 24th longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance.
- 42% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside is 51.1%.
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
- Kielder Terrace, North Shields, NE30 2AD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 169 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 November 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders at Christ Church Primary School have a very clear Christian vision.”
- “Their values, shared by all, focus on the highest ambition for all pupils.”
- “Staff in school put this vision into action, supporting pupils to ‘let their light shine’.”
To improve
- “Senior leaders recognise that these new leaders need further training and support to help them to fulfil their responsibilities effectively.”
- “Leaders are in the early stages of developing purposeful assessment more widely across the curriculum.”
- “They know there is more to do to embed this work so that they have an accurate picture of how well pupils achieve in these subject areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 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) | 57% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Spring Gardens Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King Edward Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Waterville Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Riverside Primary School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Whitehouse Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Collingwood Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields 0.9 mi Good Last distance published