Ridgeway Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led · Primary school · South Shields, South Tyneside

NE34 8AB

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

35.5

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#11,802

National rank

#626

In North East

#35

In South Tyneside

Top 83%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

51%

% achieving higher RWM ?

Reading average scaled score ?

102.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

103.0

National avg ≈ 104

Reading progress ?

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Why no data?

Maths progress

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Why no data?

% RWM expected (year-on-year) 50% → 51% ▲ 1.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 461 % FSM ever-6 49.6% % EAL 4.1% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Location

Nearby primary schools

Harton Primary School South Shields · 0.7 mi 59.5 St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields · 0.7 mi 52.4 Ashley Academy South Shields · 0.8 mi 37.4 St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields · 0.9 mi 60.7 Mortimer Primary School South Shields · 0.9 mi 36.3 Cleadon Church of England Academy Sunderland · 1.1 mi 72.4 Stanhope Primary School South Shields · 1.1 mi 67.6 Forest View Primary South Shields · 1.1 mi 64.6