School admissions in Jarrow
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.
Jarrow in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 11 schools in Jarrow first 259 times for 259 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.01 across the South Tyneside authority's 41 schools. 2 of the 11 had more first choices than places. For 2024 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Valley View Primary School, to 0.55 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
11 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View Primary School | 1.70 | 27 | 0.552 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 1.03 | 30 | not published |
| Fellgate Primary School | 1.00 | 4 | not published |
| Hedworthfield Primary School | 1.00 | 20 | not published |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow | 1.00 | 15 | not published |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow | 0.96 | 28 | not published |
| Dunn Street Primary School | 0.95 | 19 | not published |
| St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow | 0.93 | 30 | not published |
| Simonside Primary School | 0.84 | 25 | not published |
| Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School | 0.82 | 33 | not published |
| Bede Burn Primary School | 0.79 | 28 | 0.994 miles |
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.