St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · HEBBURN, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.599 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn is a primary school in HEBBURN, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn 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 | 0.599 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.599 miles away, further from the school than in 2025, the biggest move between any of its published years.
- Reception 2026 drew 13 first-choice applications for 14 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 17.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.3 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
- Solway Road, HEBBURN, NE31 2BP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 160 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of what they achieve at this close-knit and friendly school.”
- “Staff have high expectations for pupils’ academic success.”
- “Many pupils rise to this challenge and achieve well.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, such as mathematics, pupils’ knowledge is less secure.”
- “Where staff do not explain new learning well, pupils are not developing their knowledge and skills as well as they might.”
- “This is particularly the case for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 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) | 73% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 13 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.
- Hebburn Lakes Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bede Burn Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Toner Avenue Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Valley View Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy 1.0 mi Outstanding
- St Aloysius Catholic Infant School, Hebburn 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published