Harton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · South Shields, 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 🔒
Harton Primary School is a primary school in South Shields, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 October 2023. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Harton 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 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).
- That distance was further than in 2025 and in 2022, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 67 first-choice applications for 69 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- East Avenue, South Shields, NE34 6PF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 636 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 October 2023
Strengths
- “Harton Primary School is a vibrant and happy place to learn.”
- “Pupils know that they belong here.”
- “Pupils are part of an inclusive and welcoming family.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, however, lesson activities do not support the intended learning as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 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) | 70% | 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: 67 first-preference applications, 69 offers in total, 67 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 Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ridgeway Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sea View Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Mortimer Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashley Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stanhope Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Westoe Crown Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published