Schools in South Tyneside
62 schools in the South Tyneside local authority.
Schools
62
Open schools
Pupils
22,753
2025–26 census
Good or better
96%
48 of 50 graded
Academic Performance
5.5
out of 10 · 60 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 8 16%
- Good
- 40 80%
- Requires improvement
- 2 4%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
6 inspected since 2024, no overall grade4 superseded by a report card6 not judged1 in a category of concern
5.5
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 60 of 62 schools that can be scored
Pupils
22,753
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Ethnicity
White
88%Asian
5%Black
2%Mixed
3%Chinese
<1%Any other group
1%Unclassified
<1%Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 33.7%
- First language not English
- 7.5%
- Young carers
- 2.4%
7,665 of 22,753 pupils
1,697 of 22,753 pupils
547 of 22,441 pupils · 58 of 62 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 45
- Secondary
- 8
- Special
- 4
- Nursery
- 4
- PRU
- 1
Top primary schools in South Tyneside
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St Aloysius Catholic Junior School AcademySouth Tyneside · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 2.St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South ShieldsSouth Tyneside · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Marine Park Primary SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 4.St Aloysius Catholic Infant School, HebburnSouth Tyneside · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 5.Biddick Hall Junior SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary9.1/10
- 6.Cleadon Church of England AcademySouth Tyneside · Primary8.8/10Good
- 7.Forest View PrimarySouth Tyneside · Primary8.8/10Good
- 8.St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary8.3/10Good
- 9.St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, JarrowSouth Tyneside · Primary8.3/10
- 10.Hedworthfield Primary SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary8.2/10Good
- 11.East Boldon Junior SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary7.9/10Good
- 12.Harton Primary SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary7.9/10Good
- 13.Laygate Community SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary7.5/10Good
- 14.Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields)South Tyneside · Primary7.4/10Good
- 15.Stanhope Primary SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary7.1/10Good
- 16.Jarrow Cross CofE Primary SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary6.7/10
- 17.St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary6.6/10
- 18.Toner Avenue Primary SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary6.5/10Good
- 19.Westoe Crown Primary SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary6.4/10Good
- 20.Marsden Primary SchoolSouth Tyneside · Primary6.3/10Good
Top secondary schools in South Tyneside
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Whitburn Church of England AcademySouth Tyneside · Secondary7.5/10Good
- 2.St Wilfrid's RC CollegeSouth Tyneside · Secondary7.2/10
- 3.St Joseph's Catholic AcademySouth Tyneside · Secondary5.7/10Good
- 4.Harton AcademySouth Tyneside · Secondary3.4/10Good
- 5.Mortimer Community CollegeSouth Tyneside · Secondary3.3/10
- 6.Jarrow SchoolSouth Tyneside · Secondary3.0/10Good
- 7.Boldon SchoolSouth Tyneside · Secondary1.7/10
- 8.Hebburn Comprehensive SchoolSouth Tyneside · Secondary0.4/10Requires improvement
Browse all 62 schools in South Tyneside — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in South Tyneside
- How many schools are there in South Tyneside?
- South Tyneside has 62 open schools — 45 primary, 8 secondary, 4 special, 4 nursery, teaching 22,753 pupils in total.
- How many schools in South Tyneside are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 48 of the 50 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 96% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 8 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 62: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in South Tyneside?
- 5.5 out of 10, averaged across the 60 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some South Tyneside schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 12 schools in South Tyneside currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does South Tyneside local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. South Tyneside covers 62 schools and sits in the North East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in South Tyneside are eligible for free school meals?
- 33.7% — 7,665 of 22,753 pupils at the 62 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the North East region.