Simonside Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Jarrow, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.323 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Simonside Primary School is a primary school in Jarrow, South Tyneside for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2023. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Simonside 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 | 0.323 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 2026 the last Reception place went to a child living 0.323 miles away, 8th shortest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 21 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meals: 53.4% of pupils are eligible, against a middle figure of 42.6% 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
- Glasgow Road, Jarrow, NE32 4AU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Simonside Primary.”
- “They arrive at school with smiles on their faces to be greeted warmly by staff.”
- “There is an infectious sense of happiness and community.”
To improve
- “While there have been some improvements this year to results at the end of key stage 2, more work is needed to ensure that all pupils are ready for the transition to secondary school.”
- “The 2023 Year 6 national assessment outcomes do not reflect the quality of the curriculum offer at Simonside Primary.”
- “Turbulence in staffing and disruption to learning during the pandemic have had a negative impact on pupil outcomes.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 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) | 37% | 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, 25 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.
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Monkton Academy 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- Lord Blyton Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monkton Infants' School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Valley View Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hedworthfield Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hedworth Lane Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Infants' School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published