SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · South Shields, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.286 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields is a primary school in South Shields, South Tyneside for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 March 2024. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, 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 | 0.286 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 last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.286 miles away, 7th shortest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Between 2025 and 2026 the Reception distance moved sharply nearer the school, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 24 first-choice applications for 23 offers; 23 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% 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
- Olive Street, South Shields, NE33 4RH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 27 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this welcoming school.”
- “Staff and pupils say that the school community is like a family.”
- “The school cares well for its pupils.”
To improve
- “In mathematics, however, while staff check that pupils understand what they are intended to learn before moving on, sometimes, pupils are not given enough opportunities to develop their mathematical problem-solving and reasoning skills.”
- “This hampers pupils’ progress in this subject.”
- “However, this approach is not yet fully embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2024 (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) | 77% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 23 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.
- Stanhope Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashley Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Junior School 0.7 mi Not judged
- Lord Blyton Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mortimer Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Monkton Infants' School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Monkton Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained