Stanhope Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · South Shields, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.378 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Stanhope Primary School is a primary school in South Shields, South Tyneside for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 May 2023. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Stanhope 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 2026 | 0.378 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.378 miles, the 10th shortest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.72 miles).
- That 2026 Reception figure was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2022, with sharp swings between years, the biggest from 2023 to 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 26 first-choice applications for 26 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 86% 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 South Tyneside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other South Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gresford Street, South Shields, NE33 4SZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 May 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders and staff have created a caring, nurturing school.”
- “There are high expectations for every child.”
- “Staff teach pupils the basics of reading and mathematics very effectively.”
To improve
- “However, in subjects such as history, pupils do not develop the knowledge that would help them to know how to ‘think like a historian’ or understand what ideas such as ‘empire’ mean.”
- “Leaders know that some refinement is required to help pupils make better connections and make greater use of the knowledge they have gained.”
- “The records devised to check pupils’ wider reading are not consistently used, making it difficult for leaders to check that pupils read as regularly as intended.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 July 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) | 86% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 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 South Tyneside.
- Ashley Academy 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mortimer Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Laygate Community School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lord Blyton Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Junior School 1.0 mi Not judged
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published