St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Hebburn, South Tyneside·NE31 1HT
Composite score
54.6
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#5,628
National rank
#311
In North East
#19
In South Tyneside
Top 38%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
23 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 23 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0720220.8620230.9520240.8320251.002026

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

South Tyneside does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
187
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
26.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,892
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School at a glance

Located in Hebburn, South Tyneside, St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 187 pupils aged 5 to 11. 66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 3.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 38% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 96% of the families who made St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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