St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · South Shields, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.399 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields is a primary school in South Shields, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 January 2025. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Oswald's 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 | 0.399 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 0.399 miles, 12th shortest of the 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- That 2026 distance was further from the school than in 2025 but nearer than in 2022; the biggest swing between years came from 2025 to 2026.
- For Reception 2026 there were 23 first-choice applications for 23 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% 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
- Nash Avenue, Whiteleas, South Shields, NE34 8NS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 226 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 29 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at St Oswald’s are welcoming, proud and happy members of the school community.”
- “Pupils of all ages are excellent ambassadors for the school.”
- “They exemplify the school’s vision of recognising and developing the dignity of each pupil.”
To improve
- “However, although pupils’ recall of their recent learning is secure, their retention of knowledge from previous years is inconsistent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 February 2025 (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) | 68% | 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: 23 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.
- Forest View Primary 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ridgeway Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Junior School 0.7 mi Not judged
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Infants' School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cleadon Church of England Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Monkton Infants' School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published