Best primary schools in Tyne and Wear (2026)
Tyne and Wear has 287 ranked primary schools with published results. The top-ranked is St Charles' Catholic Primary School, in the top 1% in England. The average reading, writing & maths here in 2025 was 66%, against 62% for England. 27 are in England's top 10%, and 12 are rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
| Rank | School | Reading, writing & maths (2023–2025 average) | Reading, writing & maths 2025 | Trend | Higher standard | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Top 1% in England |
St Charles' Catholic Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne · Roman Catholic |
86% | 83% | 30% | No rating | |
2 Top 1% in England |
Biddick Hall Junior School South Shields |
89% | 87% | 31% | Not judged | |
3 Top 1% in England |
St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth Sunderland · Roman Catholic |
92% | 85% | 24% | Good | |
4 Top 2% in England |
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland Sunderland · Roman Catholic |
91% | 95% | 31% | No rating | |
5 Top 2% in England |
Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy Sunderland · Church of England |
90% | 97% | 33% | Not judged | |
6 Top 3% in England |
Bernard Gilpin Primary School Houghton-le-Spring |
85% | 87% | 28% | Outstanding | |
7 Top 3% in England |
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland Sunderland · Roman Catholic |
85% | 90% | 28% | No rating | |
8 Top 3% in England |
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne · Roman Catholic |
87% | 73% | 10% | Good | |
9 Top 3% in England |
Newburn Manor Primary School Newburn |
86% | 86% | 21% | Good | |
10 Top 3% in England |
Throckley Primary School Throckley |
87% | 87% | 18% | Not judged | |
11 Top 4% in England |
West Jesmond Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne |
82% | 84% | 28% | Not judged | |
12 Top 4% in England |
St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon Ryton · Roman Catholic |
87% | 90% | 23% | Not judged | |
13 Top 5% in England |
Clover Hill Community Primary School Whickham |
87% | 93% | 10% | Good | |
14 Top 5% in England |
St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Sunderland · Roman Catholic |
84% | 83% | 17% | No rating | |
15 Top 6% in England |
St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook Crawcrook and Greenside · Roman Catholic |
81% | 82% | 11% | No rating | |
16 Top 7% in England |
Valley Road Academy Sunderland |
84% | 85% | 15% | No rating | |
17 Top 8% in England |
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle Longbenton · Roman Catholic |
82% | 83% | 20% | No rating | |
18 Top 8% in England |
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell Gateshead · Roman Catholic |
80% | 80% | 23% | Good | |
19 Top 8% in England |
St Paul's CofE Primary School Sunderland · Church of England |
81% | 88% | 19% | No rating | |
20 Top 8% in England |
Bailey Green Primary School Killingworth |
79% | 74% | 21% | Outstanding | |
21 Top 8% in England |
Rickleton Primary School Washington |
80% | 89% | 18% | Not judged | |
22 Top 9% in England |
Milecastle Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne |
77% | 77% | 20% | No rating | |
23 Top 10% in England |
Burnopfield Primary School Burnopfield |
80% | 78% | 12% | Report card | |
24 Top 10% in England |
St Vincents Catholic Primary School, Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne · Roman Catholic |
81% | 77% | 20% | Good | |
25 Top 10% in England |
Kibblesworth Academy Kibblesworth |
79% | 71% | 12% | No rating | |
26 Top 10% in England |
Knop Law Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne |
83% | 83% | 6% | Not judged | |
27 Top 10% in England |
Greenside Primary School Crawcrook and Greenside |
80% | 83% | 13% | Outstanding | |
28 Top 11% in England |
Cleadon Church of England Academy Cleadon · Church of England |
79% | 79% | 18% | Good | |
29 Top 11% in England |
East Herrington Primary Academy Sunderland |
79% | 81% | 11% | Good | |
30 Top 11% in England |
St Aidan's Church of England Primary School Gateshead · Church of England |
81% | 81% | 8% | Good | |
31 Top 12% in England |
Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School Whickham · Church of England |
77% | 80% | 13% | Good | |
32 Top 12% in England |
Forest View Primary South Shields |
75% | 67% | 18% | No rating | |
33 Top 13% in England |
St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green Gateshead · Roman Catholic |
80% | 85% | 8% | No rating | |
34 Top 13% in England |
Front Street Community Primary School Whickham |
77% | 82% | 10% | No rating | |
35 Top 13% in England |
East Boldon Junior School East Boldon and West Boldon |
75% | 81% | 12% | Report card | |
36 Top 13% in England |
Highfield Academy Sunderland |
76% | 82% | 26% | No rating | |
37 Top 14% in England |
St Mary's Catholic Primary School Jarrow · Catholic |
75% | 74% | 17% | Good | |
38 Top 14% in England |
Tyneview Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne |
79% | 77% | 13% | Report card | |
39 Top 14% in England |
Hill View Junior Academy Sunderland |
75% | 81% | 21% | No rating | |
40 Top 14% in England |
Monkhouse Primary School Tynemouth |
79% | 87% | 6% | Good | |
41 Top 14% in England |
Fatfield Academy Washington |
75% | 74% | 22% | No rating | |
42 Top 14% in England |
Cragside Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne |
74% | 83% | 12% | Not judged | |
43 Top 15% in England |
St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston Gateshead · Roman Catholic |
76% | 68% | 9% | No rating | |
44 Top 15% in England |
Brighton Avenue Primary School Gateshead |
78% | 80% | 9% | Not judged | |
45 Top 16% in England |
Barnwell Academy Shiney Row and Penshaw |
75% | 63% | 6% | Outstanding | |
46 Top 16% in England |
New York Primary School Tynemouth |
78% | 79% | 8% | Outstanding | |
47 Top 16% in England |
Kingston Park Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne |
74% | 65% | 18% | No rating | |
48 Top 16% in England |
Fulwell Junior School Sunderland |
76% | 78% | 17% | Report card | |
49 Top 17% in England |
Fellside Community Primary School Whickham |
77% | 90% | 10% | Good | |
50 Top 17% in England |
Blaydon West Primary School Blaydon |
72% | 83% | 13% | No rating | |
51 Top 17% in England |
Stanhope Primary School South Shields |
76% | 86% | 10% | Good | |
52 Top 18% in England |
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham Whickham · Roman Catholic |
74% | 90% | 26% | No rating | |
53 Top 18% in England |
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Tynemouth · Roman Catholic |
76% | 84% | 16% | No rating | |
54 Top 18% in England |
St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Sunderland · Roman Catholic |
76% | 78% | 7% | No rating | |
55 Top 18% in England |
Mill Hill Primary School Sunderland |
77% | 79% | 7% | No rating | |
56 Top 19% in England |
St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall Longbenton · Roman Catholic |
78% | 83% | 0% | No rating | |
57 Top 19% in England |
Benton Dene Primary School Longbenton |
73% | 79% | 17% | Outstanding | |
58 Top 19% in England |
Thomas Walling Primary Academy Newcastle upon Tyne |
75% | 77% | 8% | Good | |
59 Top 19% in England |
Hilton Primary Academy Newcastle upon Tyne |
76% | 80% | 18% | Not judged | |
60 Top 19% in England |
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Heaton Newcastle upon Tyne · Roman Catholic |
72% | 70% | 15% | Outstanding | |
61 Top 20% in England |
St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington Washington · Roman Catholic |
74% | 77% | 7% | Outstanding | |
62 Top 20% in England |
East Rainton Primary School East Rainton |
70% | 72% | 28% | No rating | |
63 Top 20% in England |
St Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy Hebburn · Roman Catholic |
74% | 68% | 13% | Outstanding | |
64 Top 20% in England |
Bexhill Academy Sunderland |
74% | 78% | 14% | Outstanding | |
65 Top 20% in England |
Preston Grange Primary School Tynemouth |
73% | 72% | 10% | No rating | |
66 Top 20% in England |
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Gateshead · Roman Catholic |
75% | 79% | 14% | Outstanding | |
67 Top 21% in England |
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley Birtley · Roman Catholic |
71% | 76% | 18% | Not judged | |
68 Top 21% in England |
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, West Denton Newcastle upon Tyne · Roman Catholic |
73% | 77% | 13% | Good | |
69 Top 22% in England |
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats Tynemouth · Roman Catholic |
70% | 64% | 18% | Good | |
70 Top 23% in England |
Benton Park Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne |
73% | 79% | 11% | Not judged | |
71 Top 23% in England |
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland Sunderland · Roman Catholic |
74% | 74% | 7% | Not judged | |
72 Top 23% in England |
Backworth Park Primary School Backworth |
73% | 73% | 10% | Report card | |
73 Top 24% in England |
Beech Hill Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne |
74% | 79% | 7% | Good | |
74 Top 25% in England |
Cullercoats Primary School Tynemouth |
74% | 67% | 5% | No rating | |
75 Top 26% in England |
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields South Shields · Roman Catholic |
72% | 77% | 3% | Outstanding | |
76 Top 26% in England |
Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) South Shields · Church of England |
74% | 62% | 7% | No rating | |
77 Top 26% in England |
Shiremoor Primary School Shiremoor |
74% | 77% | 4% | Good | |
78 Top 26% in England |
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor Gateshead · Roman Catholic |
70% | 74% | 4% | Good | |
79 Top 27% in England |
Hazlewood Community Primary School Wideopen |
72% | 70% | 0% | No rating | |
80 Top 27% in England |
St George's Catholic Primary School, Bells Close Newcastle upon Tyne · Roman Catholic |
74% | 67% | 13% | Good | |
81 Top 27% in England |
St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School Hebburn · Church of England |
70% | 66% | 10% | Not judged | |
82 Top 27% in England |
Harton Primary School South Shields |
71% | 70% | 12% | No rating | |
83 Top 27% in England |
Emmaville Primary School Crawcrook and Greenside |
72% | 75% | 11% | Not judged | |
84 Top 27% in England |
West Rainton Primary School West Rainton |
72% | 76% | 0% | No rating | |
85 Top 27% in England |
Redesdale Primary School Wallsend |
74% | 82% | 7% | No rating | |
86 Top 27% in England |
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Washington Washington · Roman Catholic |
71% | 80% | 10% | Good | |
87 Top 27% in England |
Seaburn Dene Primary School Sunderland |
72% | 80% | 8% | Good | |
88 Top 27% in England |
Sacred Heart Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne · Roman Catholic |
72% | 68% | 16% | No rating | |
89 Top 28% in England |
Northern Saints Church of England Academy Sunderland · Church of England |
70% | 68% | 11% | Report card | |
90 Top 28% in England |
Blackfell Primary School Washington |
70% | 80% | 15% | Report card | |
91 Top 28% in England |
Kells Lane Primary School Gateshead |
69% | 62% | 14% | Good | |
92 Top 28% in England |
South Hylton Primary Academy Sunderland |
70% | 69% | 14% | Report card | |
93 Top 29% in England |
Bill Quay Primary School Gateshead |
69% | 72% | 14% | No rating | |
94 Top 29% in England |
Waterville Primary School Tynemouth |
69% | 57% | 7% | Good | |
95 Top 29% in England |
Farne Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne |
71% | 73% | 13% | No rating | |
96 Top 30% in England |
Holystone Primary School Longbenton |
67% | 71% | 20% | Good | |
97 Top 30% in England |
Hedworth Lane Primary School Boldon Colliery |
71% | 76% | 8% | No rating | |
98 Top 30% in England |
Ravenswood Primary School Newcastle upon Tyne |
66% | 73% | 23% | No rating | |
99 Top 30% in England |
South Street Community Primary School Gateshead |
73% | 76% | 0% | Good | |
100 Top 30% in England |
Ryton Junior School Ryton |
72% | 80% | 3% | Not judged |
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Best primary school in each town
- Newcastle upon Tyne · best: St Charles' Catholic Primary School
- South Shields · best: Biddick Hall Junior School
- Sunderland · best: St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth
- Houghton-le-Spring · best: Bernard Gilpin Primary School
- Ryton · best: St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon
- Whickham · best: Clover Hill Community Primary School
- Crawcrook and Greenside · best: St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook
- Longbenton · best: St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle
- Gateshead · best: St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell
- Killingworth · best: Bailey Green Primary School
- Washington · best: Rickleton Primary School
- Jarrow · best: St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- Tynemouth · best: Monkhouse Primary School
- Shiney Row and Penshaw · best: Barnwell Academy
- Blaydon · best: Blaydon West Primary School
- Hebburn · best: St Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy
- Birtley · best: St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley
- Wallsend · best: Redesdale Primary School
- Ponteland · best: Richard Coates Church of England Primary School
- Hetton-le-Hole · best: Hetton Lyons Primary School
- Rowlands Gill · best: St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield
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What is the best primary school in Tyne and Wear?
On exam results over the last three years, St Charles' Catholic Primary School is the top-ranked primary school in Tyne and Wear, in the top 1% of schools in England.
How are the schools ranked?
By published Department for Education exam results averaged over three years: for secondary schools, Attainment 8 plus a quarter of the share getting grade 5+ in English and maths; for primary schools, the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths plus half the share reaching the higher standard. The order uses the three-year average, so a school can rank above one with a higher single-year result. Schools with fewer than 10 pupils taking the tests are not ranked. Exam results are only part of the picture: visit, read the Ofsted report and check admissions rules, as living nearby does not guarantee a place.