Schools in Jarrow
Jarrow is a historic South Tyneside town associated with the 1936 March, with 13 schools including St Joseph's Catholic Academy as the main secondary for the area. The primary sector reflects a strong Catholic and Church of England heritage — five of the 13 schools hold a faith designation. Three schools are currently oversubscribed, and faith school admissions require religious practice evidence for applicants beyond the baptised-Catholic priority tier.
Six schools hold a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating. South Tyneside Council coordinates community school admissions while individual governors manage faith school applications. Families in Bede Burn, Primrose and Bill Quay should check the specific oversubscription criteria at each school carefully, as the combination of faith criteria and distance tiebreakers makes admissions outcomes harder to predict in Jarrow than in comparable South Tyneside towns.
School demand in Jarrow
Across the 12 schools in Jarrow with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 93%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Jarrow have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Jarrow are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of South Tyneside, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
6 of the schools in Jarrow have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Jarrow: 3 oversubscribed (11)
Bede Burn Primary School
Primary · Community school
Jarrow · NE32 5NJ
Valley View Primary School
Primary · Community school
Jarrow · NE32 5QY
Simonside Primary School
Primary · Community school
Jarrow · NE32 4AU
Hedworthfield Primary School
Primary · Community school
Jarrow · NE32 4QF
Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Jarrow · NE32 5UW
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Jarrow · NE32 4AW
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow
Primary · Academy converter
Jarrow · NE32 4PJ
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow
Primary · Academy converter
Jarrow · NE32 3AJ
St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow
Primary · Academy converter
Jarrow · NE32 5YT
Fellgate Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Jarrow · NE32 4XA
Dunn Street Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Jarrow · NE32 3QH
Secondary Schools in Jarrow (1)
Other Schools in Jarrow (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Jarrow are set by South Tyneside and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.