Hedworthfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Jarrow, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.521 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hedworthfield Primary School is a primary school in Jarrow, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 May 2023. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Hedworthfield 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 | 0.521 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 0.521 miles, 14th shortest of the 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 0.72 miles.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years; in 2026 it was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2022.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 53.8% of pupils, against a 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
- Linkway, Hedworth Estate, Jarrow, NE32 4QF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 May 2023
Strengths
- “Hedworthfield is a friendly and welcoming primary school.”
- “Relationships between the pupils and staff are very positive.”
- “Everyone has high expectations of behaviour.”
To improve
- “In some other subjects, there are some inconsistencies in the way in which curriculum content is taught.”
- “Sometimes, teachers do not choose the most appropriate way to engage pupils in learning new knowledge.”
- “This means that some pupils struggle to remember their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 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) | 60% | 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: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 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.
- Hedworth Lane Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fellgate Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Simonside Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Valley View Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Monkton Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained