Kings Priory School

All-through · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · North Tyneside

Huntington Place, North Shields, NE30 4RF

Website 01915802700

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

87%

1st preference success · Oversubscribed

Attendance

95.4%

8.9% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,549

Capacity used

Over capacity

103%

1,505 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Oversubscribed

87%

1st preference success rate

90 of 104 families who put it first got an offer

Places offered

156

Total applications

1.7

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)	Applications	Offers	Success
1st preference	104	90	● 87%
2nd preference	37	0	● 0%
3rd preference	14	0	● 0%
Later preferences	1	0	● 0%
Total	156	90	58%

1st preference success by year

85%

2020

85%

2021

99%

2022

79%

2023

93%

2024

87%

2025

North Tyneside lets families list 3 preferences. 7 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: All-through
Age range: 4–18
Gender: Mixed
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Sixth form: Yes
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Boarding: No boarders
Headteacher: Philip Sanderson
Address: Huntington Place, Tynemouth, North Shields, NE30 4RF
Phone: 01915802700
Local authority: North Tyneside
Ward / constituency: Tynemouth · Tynemouth
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 139658

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	11%	—	—
English as additional language	4%	—	—
SEN support	11%	—	—

53% boys (826)47% girls (723)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST

1,549 pupils · 1,505 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

24
27 June 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good

View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,255 pupils

Attendance

95.4%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

4.6%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

8.9%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

0.9%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.0%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

20/21

11%

21/22

10%

22/23

11%

23/24

24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

Measure	School	LA	England
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths	75%	—	—
Higher standard	10%	—	—
Reading progress	—	—	0.0
Writing progress	—	—	0.0
Maths progress	—	—	0.0

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	61.1	—	—
Progress 8 score	0.84	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	77%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	91%	—	—
EBacc average point score	5.84	—	—

Progress 8 band

Well below

5% of schools

Below

26% of schools

Average

43% of schools

Above

21% of schools

Well above

5% of schools

A-level results

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	34.79	—	—

Average grade: C+ (England B-)

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard82%

+20% vs England

Higher standard12%

+4% vs England

Reading

Expected standard89%

+14% vs England

Higher standard47%

+14% vs England

Average score108

+2 vs England

Writing

Expected standard88%

+16% vs England

Greater depth15%

+2% vs England

Maths

Expected standard88%

+14% vs England

Higher standard43%

+17% vs England

Average score107

+2 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard89%

+16% vs England

Higher standard29%

-1% vs England

Average score107

+2 vs England

Science

Expected standard94%

+12% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)	82%	61%
Higher standard	12%	8%

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	57.1	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	74.2%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	93.5%	65%
Entering EBacc	56.5%	40%
EBacc average point score	5.32	4.1
Pupils in cohort	124	—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils

+0.91

Other pupils

+0.84

Low prior attainers

+0.90

Middle prior attainers

+1.03

High prior attainers

+0.59

Girls

+0.95

Boys

+0.73

A-level results over time

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Average points per entry	35.66	35
Average grade	B-	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	18.6%	17%
A-level students	102	—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

Subject	Entries	Grade 7+	Grade 5+	Grade 4+
Mathematics	123	35%	78%	95%
English Language	123	18%	76%	90%
English Literature	121	21%	81%	95%
Combined Science	90	13%	60%	80%
Geography	68	50%	85%	94%
Business	58	31%	69%	86%
History	54	33%	78%	89%
Spanish	48	25%	50%	73%
Physical Education	40	15%	43%	63%
Biology	33	79%	100%	100%
Physics	33	91%	100%	100%
Chemistry	33	85%	100%	100%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Psychology	44	5%	18%	50%
Mathematics	32	19%	38%	56%
Business Studies	28	4%	21%	43%
Biology	25	8%	16%	40%
Geography	22	5%	23%	36%
Physics	21	14%	24%	62%
Economics	21	0%	43%	67%
History	18	6%	33%	78%
Chemistry	15	7%	47%	60%
Sociology	13	8%	23%	38%
English Language	13	8%	15%	54%
English Literature	10	0%	10%	60%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers²

UCAS apply centre 19117: Kings Priory School

Cambridge admissions¹	2025
Applications	≤5
Offers	≤5
Success rate	—
Accepted offers	≤5

¹ Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

² Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

Measure	School	LA	England
Higher education (university)	69%	—	—
Apprenticeships	3%	—	—
Any education or training	71%	—	—

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through North Tyneside council, not the school.

Entry	Deadline	Offer day
Reception (primary)	15 January	16 April (or next working day)
Year 7 (secondary)	31 October	1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.