Lord Blyton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · South Shields, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.686 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lord Blyton Primary School is a primary school in South Shields, South Tyneside for ages 2–11 (community school). South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Lord Blyton 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 | 0.686 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
- Ofsted's latest inspection, on 2 June 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, from 7 November 2023, was Requires improvement.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.686 miles, 18th shortest of the 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.72 miles).
- There were 20 first-choice applications for 20 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Blyton Avenue, Simonside, Lord Blyton School, South Shields, NE34 9BN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 229 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026
Strengths
- “Warm and nurturing relationships are at the heart of daily life in this inclusive school.”
- “Pupils feel safe, respected and that they truly matter to the staff who care for them.”
- “As a result, pupils develop confidence and resilience, enabling them to engage in all the school has to offer.”
To improve
- “Pupils' attainment in national assessments at the higher standard in Year 6 is variable.”
- “Leaders have correctly identified that more pupils could attain more highly, particularly in writing and mathematics.”
- “Opportunities for deeper thinking and independent working are well established in some subjects but not all.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 July 2026 (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) | 68% | 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.
- Monkton Academy 0.3 mi Standards maintained
- Monkton Infants' School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Simonside Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Infants' School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published