St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · South Shields, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.384 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Gregory's 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 Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Gregory'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 | 0.384 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
- 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest South Tyneside primary schools.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.384 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 25 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 7.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 47.2% 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
- Harton House Road East, South Shields, NE34 6DZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 211 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “St Gregory’s is a calm and supportive place for pupils to learn.”
- “The respect and warmth that pupils and adults show towards each other makes them a happy team.”
- “Pupils’ behaviour inside and outside of the classroom is exceptional.”
To improve
- “However, teaching does not consistently check how well pupils are learning the intended curriculum.”
- “For example, in lessons, some pupils are not given sufficient opportunities to articulate or demonstrate their understanding of the curriculum.”
- “However, pupils’ learning is hampered because their understanding of important number facts is not sufficiently secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 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) | 70% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 25 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.
- Sea View Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Harton Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mortimer Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ridgeway Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westoe Crown Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ashley Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Laygate Community School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stanhope Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published