# Ridgeway Primary Academy

Ridgeway Primary Academy is a primary school in South Tyneside, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 452 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E139124. [South Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 452
- Council: South Tyneside
- URN: 139124

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 3 February 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 51% of pupils at Ridgeway Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in South Tyneside and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | South Tyneside | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Epinay Business and Enterprise School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/epinay-business-and-enterprise-school-e108741): 800 m. Special. School remains Outstanding, June 2023
- [Harton Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harton-academy-e144204): 860 m. Secondary. Good (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 43.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Harton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harton-primary-school-e136178): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good, October 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-oswalds-catholic-primary-school-south-shields-e148911): 1.1 km. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Wilfrid's RC College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-wilfrids-rc-college-e142601): 1.2 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 46.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Park View School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/park-view-school-e134813): 1.3 km. Special. Good (overall), June 2024

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/139124)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/139124)

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