St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Jarrow, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.898 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow is a primary school in Jarrow, South Tyneside for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 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 | 0.898 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
- In 2024/25, 48% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in South Tyneside.
- For Reception 2026 there were 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.898 miles from the school, nearer than in 2025 and 2022, though the distance has swung sharply between some years.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 9.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 38.5% 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
- Alnwick Grove, Jarrow, NE32 5YT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive, personally and academically, at St Matthew’s Catholic Primary School.”
- “Pupils are able to talk about what this means to them as individuals.”
- “Pupils are proud to be themselves and to celebrate the things that make themselves special, but know that while other people may be different, they are equally special.”
To improve
- “However, where pupils do not have sufficient opportunities to recall and use previous learning, such as with aspects of problem-solving and reasoning in mathematics, learning is less secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 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) | 48% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fellgate Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Valley View Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bede Burn Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hedworthfield Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Hebburn Lakes Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published