Jarrow School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Jarrow, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.076 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Jarrow School is a secondary school in Jarrow, South Tyneside for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2022. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Jarrow 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.076 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026 there were 220 first-choice applications for 162 offers; 160 offers went to first-choice families, and 60 first-choice families (27%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 42.6 (England 46).
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered was 1.076 miles, 3rd shortest of 8 South Tyneside secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.49 miles).
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 44.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 33.3% across the 7 nearest secondary 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
- Field Terrace, Jarrow, NE32 5PR
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 844 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils’ personal development is an important priority for school leaders.”
- “Staff build high-quality relationships with pupils that support this development.”
- “Staff know individual pupils’ needs and work hard to support them.”
To improve
- “The curriculum is not as well developed in some subject areas as in others.”
- “In certain subjects, such as history, leaders have not carefully considered how pupils will increase their knowledge of the subject over time.”
- “This, in part, has led to some pupils having gaps in their understanding of important topics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 220 first-preference applications, 162 offers in total, 160 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in South Tyneside.
- Hebburn Comprehensive School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Boldon School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's RC College 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mortimer Community College 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harton Academy 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitburn Church of England Academy 5.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published