Marsden Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sunderland, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.053 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Marsden Primary School is a primary school in Sunderland, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2023. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Marsden 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 | 2.053 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 last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.053 miles from the school, the 9th longest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 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 meals eligibility is 24.4% of pupils, below the middle figure of 38.5% 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
- Mill Lane, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7HJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 September 2023
Strengths
- “Marsden Primary is a welcoming, inclusive and caring school.”
- “Leaders and staff provide nurture and guidance that enable pupils to thrive.”
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe.”
To improve
- “In a small number of foundation subjects, such as geography, some of the sequencing of what pupils will learn is not as clear.”
- “Also, approaches to help pupils recall important knowledge are not as effectively applied.”
- “Where this is the case, teaching of some of the knowledge and skills does not build as effectively as it does in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 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) | 67% | 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.
- Whitburn Village Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harton Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cleadon Church of England Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ridgeway Primary Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Sea View Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Forest View Primary 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published