School admissions in Hebburn
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 5 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Hebburn in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Hebburn first 219 times for 219 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.01 across the South Tyneside authority's 41 schools. One of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Hebburn Lakes Primary School, to 0.17 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
5 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Aloysius Catholic Infant School, Hebburn | 1.07 | 58 | not published |
| Hebburn Lakes Primary School | 1.00 | 55 | 0.171 miles |
| St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School | 1.00 | 23 | not published |
| Toner Avenue Primary School | 0.96 | 69 | not published |
| St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn | 0.93 | 14 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.