Ridgeway Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · South Shields, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.957 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ridgeway Primary Academy is a primary school in South Shields, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Ridgeway Primary Academy 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 | 0.957 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 0.957 miles, 16th longest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.72 miles).
- The Reception 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance, nearer than in 2025 and 2022; the biggest move came from 2025 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 52 first-choice applications for 52 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 51% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% 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
- Park Avenue, South Shields, NE34 8AB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 452 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils, parents and carers appreciate the high levels of support that are offered by the school.”
- “Pupils belong to a caring community that keeps them safe.”
- “They gain a great deal from the school's comprehensive enrichment programme.”
To improve
- “Despite many positive aspects of school life, leaders' clear and ambitious vision for pupils' education is not fully realised.”
- “Pupils' achievement has only slightly improved over time.”
- “Although pupils enjoy their learning, they have gaps in important knowledge and skills that are not addressed quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2026 (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) | 51% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 52 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.
- Harton Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mortimer Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashley Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Cleadon Church of England Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Forest View Primary 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published