School admissions in South Tyneside

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 28 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.

Reception places, September 2026

41 schools. 8 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Valley View Primary SchoolJarrow	1.70	27	0.552 miles 2024
Cleadon Church of England AcademySunderland	1.17	60	not published
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South ShieldsSouth Shields	1.10	30	not published
St Aloysius Catholic Infant School, HebburnHebburn	1.07	58	not published
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South ShieldsSouth Shields	1.04	23	not published
Laygate Community SchoolSouth Shields	1.04	25	not published
Whitburn Village Primary SchoolSunderland	1.04	25	1.764 miles 2025
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolJarrow	1.03	30	not published
Ashley AcademySouth Shields	1.00	54	not published
Biddick Hall Infants' SchoolSouth Shields	1.00	41	0.58 miles 2024
East Boldon Infants' SchoolEast Boldon	1.00	49	1.026 miles 2025
Fellgate Primary SchoolJarrow	1.00	4	not published
Forest View PrimarySouth Shields	1.00	8	not published
Hadrian Primary SchoolSouth Shields	1.00	27	not published
Hebburn Lakes Primary SchoolHebburn	1.00	55	0.171 miles 2024
Hedworthfield Primary SchoolJarrow	1.00	20	not published
Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields)South Shields	1.00	29	not published
Lord Blyton Primary SchoolSouth Shields	1.00	20	0.762 miles 2023
Monkton Infants' SchoolSouth Shields	1.00	34	not published
Ridgeway Primary AcademySouth Shields	1.00	52	not published
Sea View Primary SchoolSouth Shields	1.00	33	not published
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, JarrowJarrow	1.00	15	not published
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South ShieldsSouth Shields	1.00	25	not published
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South ShieldsSouth Shields	1.00	23	not published
St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary SchoolHebburn	1.00	23	not published
Stanhope Primary SchoolSouth Shields	1.00	26	0.309 miles 2023
Westoe Crown Primary SchoolSouth Shields	1.00	90	3.872 miles 2026
West Boldon Primary SchoolBoldon	0.97	37	not published
Harton Primary SchoolSouth Shields	0.97	69	1.712 miles 2023
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, JarrowJarrow	0.96	28	not published
Mortimer Primary SchoolSouth Shields	0.96	51	1.278 miles 2022
Toner Avenue Primary SchoolHebburn	0.96	69	not published
Hedworth Lane Primary SchoolBoldon Colliery	0.95	22	0.785 miles 2022
Marsden Primary SchoolSunderland	0.95	22	not published
Dunn Street Primary SchoolJarrow	0.95	19	not published
Marine Park Primary SchoolSouth Shields	0.94	18	not published
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, JarrowJarrow	0.93	30	not published
St James' Catholic Primary School, HebburnHEBBURN	0.93	14	not published
Simonside Primary SchoolJarrow	0.84	25	not published
Jarrow Cross CofE Primary SchoolJarrow	0.82	33	not published
Bede Burn Primary SchoolJarrow	0.79	28	0.994 miles 2023

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

8 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Jarrow SchoolJarrow	1.36	162	1.076 miles 2026
Whitburn Church of England AcademySunderland	1.20	201	not published
Mortimer Community CollegeSouth Shields	1.13	239	1.904 miles 2023
Harton AcademySouth Shields	1.09	266	1.154 miles 2026
St Joseph's Catholic AcademyHebburn	1.06	246	not published
Hebburn Comprehensive SchoolHebburn	0.79	151	not published
Boldon SchoolBoldon Colliery	0.77	213	3.205 miles 2024
St Wilfrid's RC CollegeSouth Shields	0.70	182	not published