St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Jarrow, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.607 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Jarrow, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2023. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic 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 | 0.607 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 0.607 miles, 17th shortest of the 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; middle figure 0.72 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 23 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.4 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
- Ayr Drive, Jarrow, NE32 4AW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 278 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They feel very happy and safe here.”
- “Pupils are incredibly proud to be part of the school.”
To improve
- “Pupils at the earliest stages of reading do not always have books that are well matched to their phonic knowledge.”
- “Pupils do not consistently develop early fluency using the sounds they know securely.”
- “However, pupils’ knowledge and understanding of different faiths are not as secure as in other areas of the wider curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 September 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) | 74% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Simonside Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Monkton Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- Hedworthfield Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Monkton Infants' School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lord Blyton Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Valley View Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hedworth Lane Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published