Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields)
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · South Shields, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.864 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) is a primary school in South Shields, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 June 2022. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) 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 | 0.864 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
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 57% of pupils, against a middle figure of 43.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in South Tyneside.
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.864 miles, 18th longest of the 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 0.72 miles.
- That distance swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was further than in 2025 and 2022, and the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- Brockley Avenue, South Shields, NE34 0TS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 228 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 June 2022
Strengths
- “This school provides an oasis of calm.”
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe.”
- “They know that adults care for them and want them to succeed.”
To improve
- “They have not received the training they need to successfully develop and monitor their subject.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 September 2022 (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) | 62% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Biddick Hall Junior School 0.2 mi Not judged
- Monkton Infants' School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Infants' School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lord Blyton Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monkton Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stanhope Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published