Monkton Infants' School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · South Shields, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.092 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Monkton Infants' School is a primary school in South Shields, South Tyneside for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Monkton Infants' 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 | 0.092 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 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.092 miles, the shortest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.72 miles).
- Reception last distances have swung between years; the 2026 figure was nearer than in 2025 and the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 34 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 43.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 50.7% 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
- St Simon Street, South Shields, NE34 9SD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 164 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “The school is a nurturing and caring environment where pupils feel safe, happy and are keen to learn.”
- “There are high expectations for all pupils’ achievement.”
- “Pupils meet the high expectations set by staff.”
To improve
- “However, on occasions, identification is not as swift or accurate as it could be.”
- “At times, the targets for some pupils with SEND are not precise enough.”
- “This hampers the timeliness of support for these pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 34 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.
- Monkton Academy 0.2 mi Standards maintained
- Biddick Hall Infants' School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Junior School 0.3 mi Not judged
- Lord Blyton Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Simonside Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published