Marine Park Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · South Shields, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.301 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Marine Park Primary School is a primary school in South Shields, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Marine Park Primary School 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 | 1.301 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 last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.301 miles from the school, the 13th longest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception distances swung sharply, with the biggest move from 2025 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meals eligibility is 47.2% of pupils, above the middle figure of 38.9% 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
- Hatfield Square, Woodbine Estate, South Shields, NE33 2RD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this warm and welcoming school at the heart of its community.”
- “They say it is a school where everyone belongs and diversity is celebrated.”
- “Pupils benefit from positive relationships with staff, and as a result, they feel safe and secure in school.”
To improve
- “However, over time, outcomes in Year 6 English and mathematics tests have not been as positive as they should be.”
- “These changes are new, and the impact of this work is not yet evident in the outcomes that pupils achieve.”
- “Support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who face barriers to learning is not consistent.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 17 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 Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Westoe Crown Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hadrian Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Laygate Community School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mortimer Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Sea View Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Ashley Academy 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stanhope Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published