Marine Park Primary School, South Shields

Ofsted's report card from its 9 June 2026 inspection grades Marine Park Primary School on 7 areas: 2 expected standard and 5 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Staff know the pupils well and provide a welcoming environment."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders place high importance on pupils' wellbeing."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Outcomes at the end of key stage 2 are mixed."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Leaders do not have a clear oversight of the quality of the curriculum in some subjects."

Early years - Needs attention. "Leaders are clear about the strengths in the early years as well as the areas for development."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Processes are in place to identify the needs of pupils who face barriers to their learning and wellbeing, for pupils who speak English as an additional language and for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Leaders' actions to address the school priorities are recent."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities have support plans that precisely identify appropriate targets linked to their area of need"; "Leaders should ensure that the work they have begun on developing the core subject curriculum is mirrored across all subjects"; "Leaders should ensure that pupils continue to develop their foundational knowledge and knowledge across the curriculum so that pupils are well prepared for the next stage in their education"; "Leaders should use the information from children's starting points to precisely tailor the provision so that children make the progress they need to be ready for key stage 1"; "Leaders and governors should ensure that any action taken is precisely monitored and evaluated so that they are assured this is driving improvement across all areas of the school's work".

Marine Park Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2024, under its previous registration (URN 108675), 70% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 53% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 17 families put Marine Park Primary School as their first choice and 39 named it as one of their preferences, for 18 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Marine Park Primary School are St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 87% reading, 81% maths); Westoe Crown Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 74% reading, 80% maths); Hadrian Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 66% reading, 68% maths); and Laygate Community School (0.7 miles, Good, 77% reading, 74% maths).

Marine Park Primary School is one of 6 schools run by Tyne and Wear Learning Trust, an academy trust.

47.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 59.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (53%), White British (16%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 54 pupils (28%) received SEN support and 5 (2.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Marine Park Primary School had 11 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest tram or metro stop is South Shields (Tyne and Wear Metro Station), about 420 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

28 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beach Road-Woodbine Street (ne-bound), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Marine Park Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 423 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in South Tyneside (182), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Marine Park Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Marine Park Primary School are Mortimer Community College (1.1 miles) and Kings Priory School (1.5 miles).