St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 5–11 · Hebburn, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.206 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School is a primary school in Hebburn, South Tyneside for ages 5–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Oswald's CofE Aided 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 | 0.206 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 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.206 miles, 3rd shortest of the 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2022, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 23 first-choice applications for 23 offers; 22 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- St Oswald's Road, Hebburn, NE31 1HT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 181 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “St Oswald’s C of E Aided Primary School is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils are polite and well mannered.”
- “They value each other and the experiences the school offers them.”
To improve
- “There is some variation in how these changes are implemented in the classroom.”
- “In some subjects, teaching activities and resources are not yet fully aligned with the school’s vision for those subjects.”
- “However, their strategic oversight of the school’s work is not yet fully embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 November 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) | 66% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 22 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 Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy 0.5 mi Outstanding
- St Aloysius Catholic Infant School, Hebburn 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dunn Street Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hebburn Lakes Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bede Burn Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published