Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Jarrow, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.473 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School is a primary school in Jarrow, South Tyneside for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Jarrow Cross CofE 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 | 0.473 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 0.473 miles, 13th shortest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 0.72 miles.
- That Reception 2026 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2022, and it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2022 to 2023.
- For Reception 2026 there were 27 first-choice applications for 33 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 12% 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
- Borough Road, Jarrow, NE32 5UW
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 262 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Jarrow Cross is a happy school.”
- “Pupils know that adults care for them and keep them safe.”
- “Staff know pupils and their families very well.”
To improve
- “A few pupils struggle to behave well.”
- “Pupils in key stage 1 do not secure basic spelling and handwriting skills securely enough.”
- “Occasionally, they move on to new learning before they have secured the essential steps that precede it.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 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) | 65% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 27 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 Bede's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Dunn Street Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Valley View Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bede Burn Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Simonside Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hebburn Lakes Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published