Biddick Hall Infants' School, South Shields
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Biddick Hall Infants' School creates an outstanding learning environment where children behave exceptionally well and are eager to participate. Teachers provide consistently good teaching with excellent classroom management, and the school goes the extra mile to support every child, particularly those with additional needs. Pupils make particularly strong progress in reading, writing and computers, and arrive at junior school well-prepared.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding behaviour and safety with excellent attitudes to learning throughout the school
- Pupils achieve well in reading, writing and use of computers
- Consistently good and sometimes exceptional teaching enables pupils to make good progress
- Very effective support for pupils who fall behind in reading helps them catch up
- Outstanding guidance and support provided to parents and their children
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching needs to be improved from good to outstanding by increasing pace of lessons and reducing lengthy explanations
- Marking of pupils' work requires improvement - comments should clearly show how pupils can improve
- School development planning lacks easily measurable numerical targets and timescales
- Attendance is still just below average despite recent improvements
- Some instances of slow progress with handwriting in Year 2
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with pupils reporting they feel perfectly safe at school and understanding how to keep safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Breakfast club, after-school club
Biddick Hall Infants' School is a good school where pupils achieve well, especially in reading, writing and computers. There is an outstanding atmosphere for learning with exceptionally well-behaved pupils who display excellent attitudes to learning.
At a Glance
62.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
27.6
Avg class size
28.0
Infant (KS1)
7
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
122%
Over capacity
219 pupils
180 capacity
39 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - South Shields
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for South Shields
Admissions Demand - South Tyneside
Places available
1,882
Applications
1,486
Got 1st preference
92.7%
Got preferred school
97.3%
Primary admissions across South Tyneside (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.9512%
Overall absence
12.61261%
Persistent absence
111
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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