Stanhope Primary School
General Information
- Address: Gresford Street, South Shields, NE33 4SZ – View on map
- Phone: 01914201710
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Adam Rogers
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 26 families put it first for 26 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 10 · 2025 12 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 107
- % eligible for free school meals: 51.9%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the South Tyneside average)
- English as an additional language: 18% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.1% a year (South Tyneside 10.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across South Tyneside: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in South Tyneside, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 32 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 86% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 23 percentage points above the South Tyneside average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 76% against an expected 46%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 76%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 97% · Writing 86% · Maths 97% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 107
- Based on: 29 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 2nd of 38 junior and primary schools in the area
- #1Biddick Hall Junior School87%
- #2Stanhope Primary School86%
- =3St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow82%
- =3West Boldon Primary School82%
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24th of 27 primary schools in South Tyneside for Ofsted rating
- #22St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #23St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary SchoolGood
- #24Stanhope Primary SchoolGood
- #25Toner Avenue Primary SchoolGood
- #26Westoe Crown Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,738 (2024-25)
11th of 37 primary schools in South Tyneside for spending per pupil
- #9St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School£7,892
- #10Forest View Primary£7,782
- #11Stanhope Primary School£7,738
- #12Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School£7,501
- #13Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields)£7,501
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