Hebburn Lakes Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Hebburn, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.699 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hebburn Lakes Primary School is a primary school in Hebburn, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2023. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Hebburn Lakes 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 | 3.699 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
- In 2024/25, 31% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 3.699 miles away, 3rd longest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.72 miles).
- The 2026 Reception distance was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance; there were 55 first-choice applications for 55 offers, every first-choice family being offered a place.
- 41.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.9% 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
- Campbell Park Road, Hebburn, NE31 2SL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 456 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 May 2023
Strengths
- “Hebburn Lakes Primary School is a welcoming, inclusive school where pupils thrive.”
- “They respond well to the high expectations that leaders set.”
- “Leaders and staff are sharply focused on ensuring that pupils achieve well in subjects such as reading and mathematics.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, such as science, pupils do not learn how to apply their knowledge in a structured way.”
- “Opportunities to make use of pupils’ mathematical knowledge in other subjects are sometimes missed.”
- “Leaders are considering how to strengthen this offer and how to check that all pupils join a club they will enjoy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 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) | 31% | 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: 55 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 55 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 James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bede Burn Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Toner Avenue Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Valley View Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy 0.8 mi Outstanding
- St Aloysius Catholic Infant School, Hebburn 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published