Ashley Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · South Shields, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.690 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ashley Academy is a primary school in South Shields, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Ashley Academy 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 | 0.690 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 0.690 miles away, the 19th shortest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That Reception 2026 distance was further from the school than in 2025 but nearer than in 2022, and distances have swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 54 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Temple Park Road, South Shields, NE34 0QA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 396 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “The school has high expectations for all pupils.”
- “It is unwavering in its commitment to provide every pupil with the best educational experiences possible.”
- “As a result, pupils love to learn and achieve well.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils’ oracy skills are not as developed as they could be.”
- “This limits how well they are able to articulate their understanding.”
- “This also makes it more difficult for the school to check how well pupils have learned aspects of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 September 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) | 45% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 54 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 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Mortimer Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Laygate Community School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ridgeway Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Junior School 1.0 mi Not judged
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published