Kings Priory School
Huntington Place, North Shields, NE30 4RF
1,549 pupils · 103% of 1,505 capacity
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 10.7%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 27 June 2024, published 8 September 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 82% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 12% |
| Attainment 8 score | 57.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 74.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 93.5% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 56.5% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.24 first-choice applications per place (primary entry, Sept 2026 entry)
Oversubscribed — 1.63 first-choice applications per place (secondary entry, Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 90 | 112 | 170 | 90 |
| Sept 2026 entry | 49 | 80 | 332 | 49 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 90 | 104 | 156 | 90 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 47 | 77 | 279 | 47 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 90 | 96 | 157 | 90 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 49 | 92 | 311 | 49 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 89 | 112 | 194 | 89 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 49 | 55 | 231 | 49 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Bede Academy 12.6 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Academy 360 13.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Christ's College 13.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Excelsior Academy 17.6 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Polam Hall School 56.4 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2025)
- Carr Manor Community School 132.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.