Hedworth Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.344 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hedworth Lane Primary School is a primary school in Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 March 2024. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Hedworth Lane 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 | 2.344 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
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- At 2.344 miles, the Reception 2026 last distance offered was 8th longest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance, and the longest of 4 published years.
- Reception 2026 drew 21 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 24.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 50.8% across 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
- Hedworth Lane, Boldon Colliery, NE35 9JB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 290 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 March 2024
Strengths
- “Hedworth Lane Primary School is, rightly, proud of being a place of learning and caring.”
- “The school has very high expectations of pupils.”
- “Pupils are clear about the rules and follow them consistently well.”
To improve
- “At times, teachers do not check systematically what pupils know and remember.”
- “This means that, sometimes, teachers do not pick up on pupils’ misconceptions.”
- “It also means that, sometimes, teachers do not identify pupils who are not as engaged in lessons as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 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) | 76% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 21 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.
- Hedworthfield Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fellgate Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Simonside Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- West Boldon Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Infants' School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published