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North Shields, North Tyneside. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.

19schools in North Shields
87%gigabit broadband

Schools

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SourceDfE results by phase (the year is in each table's heading). Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures.
School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

How it is worked outRank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out).

Things to know
  • Schools with hidden or no results get no rank.
19 schools: 14 state primary, 5 state secondary
North Shields on the schools map →
Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: North Tyneside 63%ResultOfsted
1Monkhouse Primary SchoolPrimary · 1st (1/46) · 87%Good
2St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North ShieldsPrimary · Top 5% (2/46) · 84%Standards maintained
3Kings Priory SchoolPrimary · Top 11% (5/46) · 82%School remains Good
4New York Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 18% (8/46) · 79%Outstanding
5Preston Grange Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 35% (16/46) · 72%School remains Good
6Cullercoats Primary SchoolPrimary · Top 44% (20/46) · 67%School remains Good
8Collingwood Primary SchoolPrimary · (26/46) · 61%School remains Good
Secondary: attainment 8, 2026 results (DfE) · red mark: North Tyneside 48.2ResultOfsted
1Kings Priory SchoolSecondary · 1st (1/11) · 57.6School remains Good
2Marden High SchoolSecondary · Top 19% (2/11) · 55.0School remains Good
3St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolSecondary · Top 46% (5/11) · 48.8Good
4Norham High SchoolSecondary · (8/11) · 43.3Good
5John Spence Community High SchoolSecondary · (9/11) · 43.0Requires improvement
Every school in North Shields, with inspection, league band and the last place offered

State primary schools (14)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Monkhouse Primary SchoolGood1st (1/46) in North Tyneside4.454 miles (2026)
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North ShieldsStandards maintainedTop 5% (2/46) in North Tyneside3.789 miles (2026)
New York Primary SchoolOutstandingTop 18% (8/46) in North Tyneside2.01 miles (2025)
Preston Grange Primary SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 35% (16/46) in North Tyneside1.06 miles (2026)
Cullercoats Primary SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 44% (20/46) in North Tyneside3.638 miles (2026)
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, CullercoatsGood(24/46) in North Tyneside3.151 miles (2026)
Collingwood Primary SchoolSchool remains Good(26/46) in North Tyneside2.482 miles (2026)
Riverside Primary SchoolRequires improvement(28/46) in North Tyneside0.974 miles (2026)
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolGood(32/46) in North Tyneside2.384 miles (2026)
Waterville Primary SchoolGood(32/46) in North Tyneside1.619 miles (2026)
Percy Main Primary SchoolGood(37/46) in North Tyneside3.183 miles (2026)
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North ShieldsGood(40/46) in North Tyneside3.114 miles (2026)
Spring Gardens Primary SchoolRequires improvement(42/46) in North Tyneside1.551 miles (2026)
Whitehouse Primary SchoolInadequate(45/46) in North Tyneside0.45 miles (2026)

State secondary schools (5)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Kings Priory SchoolSchool remains Good1st (1/11) in North Tyneside1.339 miles (2026)
Marden High SchoolSchool remains GoodTop 19% (2/11) in North Tyneside1.081 miles (2026)
St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolGoodTop 46% (5/11) in North Tyneside5.649 miles (2026)
Norham High SchoolGood(8/11) in North Tyneside—
John Spence Community High SchoolRequires improvement(9/11) in North Tyneside—

Homes and prices

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SourceHM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

Things to know
  • We don't hold the sales inside this town's outline yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)

We don't hold Land Registry sales for North Shields yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.

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Getting around

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SourceStops and stations: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes).
Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode.

How it is worked outRail stations within 2 km and bus stops within 1 km of the middle of its schools; straight-line distances.
Broadband is an average across the 1,412 postcodes in NE29, NE30.

Things to know
  • Broadband is an average of postcodes, not of homes: check the postcode you are looking at, it can differ street by street.
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)
3railway stations within 2 km: North Shields (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) (0.6 miles); Meadow Well (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) (1.0 miles); Tynemouth (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) (1.1 miles)
72bus stops within 1 km of the middle of its schools

Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 87% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%. Average of postcodes, not of homes.

Safety and environment

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SourceFlood: Environment Agency, Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea), read from its open download. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0..
Air: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

How it is worked outFlood: at the middle of its schools the area is in flood zone 1 for rivers and the sea on the Environment Agency's Flood Map for Planning (not in zone 2 or 3, the lowest of the three).
Air: an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map at the middle of its schools.

Things to know
  • Flood: surface-water risk is unknown here, we don't hold that map. One point says little about a whole town, and the zones describe the area, not a building: check the address on the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk service.
  • Air: a background figure, not the air beside a busy road.
  • These are for the town centre; an address can differ.
The town centre; addresses vary
not heldCrimeWe don't hold police.uk figures for North Shields yet.
Flood zone 1FloodAt the middle of its schools: flood zone 1 for rivers and the sea. Surface-water risk: unknown, we don't hold that map. Check an address.
NO₂ 12.0AirAt the middle of its schools: nitrogen dioxide 12.0 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 6.3 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 9.7 µg/m³ (2024).

Childcare

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SourceOfsted, Childcare providers and inspections (the early years register): the number of nurseries and what Ofsted found.
Fees: each nursery's own fees page, read by 12 October 2026.
Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region

How it is worked outThe day rate range counts only nurseries that publish a day rate; the middle is the median of those.

Things to know
  • A nursery that does not publish its fees has none held here, so its price is unknown.
Ofsted early years register; published prices
13registered nurseries and pre-schools
£72 to £73a day, where 2 publish a day rate (the middle £72)
£6.17an hour, a typical place for a two-year-old in this region
What Ofsted found
Outstanding2
Good, or expected standard11
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Key dates, North Tyneside

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SourceEach council's own published admissions dates, held on the dates page.

How it is worked outThe next dates ahead for Reception and Year 7 applications: applications opening and closing, offer day, and the reply deadline.

Things to know
  • A date marked (about) or (earliest) is worked out from the offer day under the national rules; the council has not announced it.
The next dates for families applying
Secondary applications close30 Oct 2026
Primary applications close11 Jan 2027
Secondary offer day1 Mar 2027
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