School admissions in North Shields
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 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.
Reception places, September 2026
15 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Kings Priory School | 1.24 | 90 |
| New York Primary School | 1.24 | 45 |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields | 1.07 | 30 |
| Percy Main Primary School | 1.03 | 30 |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School | 1.00 | 15 |
| Monkhouse Primary School | 1.00 | 25 |
| Riverside Primary School | 1.00 | 17 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields | 1.00 | 15 |
| Cullercoats Primary School | 0.98 | 54 |
| Preston Grange Primary School | 0.97 | 30 |
| Waterville Primary School | 0.96 | 23 |
| Spring Gardens Primary School | 0.94 | 32 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats | 0.93 | 15 |
| Collingwood Primary School | 0.87 | 47 |
| Whitehouse Primary School | 0.67 | 12 |
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.
Year 7 places, September 2026
5 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Norham High School | 1.78 | 78 |
| Kings Priory School | 1.63 | 49 |
| Marden High School | 1.31 | 188 |
| St Thomas More Catholic High School | 0.95 | 266 |
| John Spence Community High School | 0.63 | 166 |
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.