Ridgeway Primary Academy
Park Avenue, South Shields, NE34 8AB
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Primary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Admissions: Not applicable
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 452 (244 boys, 208 girls)
- Capacity: 472
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 48.2%
- Telephone: 01914552865
- Ofsted: Good (17 Nov 2016); report card, no overall grade (inspected 3 Feb 2026)
- KS2 expected standard: 51% (2024/25, revised)
- Applications (Reception entry, September 2026): 82 applications, 52 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in South Tyneside
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- Harton Primary School (0.7 miles, straight line)
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields (0.7 miles, straight line)
- St Wilfrid's RC College (0.7 miles, straight line)
- Ashley Academy (0.9 miles, straight line)
- Mortimer Primary School (0.9 miles, straight line)
