Toner Avenue Primary School

Community school·Primary school Hebburn, South Tyneside·NE31 2LJ
Composite score
37.1
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#11,811
National rank
#630
In North East
#36
In South Tyneside
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
66 first choices, 69 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
98
any preference, for 69 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6620220.9220230.9820240.9020250.962026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Toner Avenue Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
492
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,222
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Toner Avenue Primary School

Toner Avenue Primary School is a primary school in Hebburn, South Tyneside, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 492 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Toner Avenue Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 66 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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