Ofsted: Outstanding trending_up Places Available emoji_events #29 in South Tyneside public Top 72% UK

Marine Park Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Alison Burden

location_onSouth Shields, NE33 2RD

language Visit Website phone 1914554513

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2017

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Students

183

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Expected Standard

53%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Marine Park Primary School is a Community school primary school in South Shields, serving ages 3-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Ranks in the top 72% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Marine Park Primary School is a community school in South Shields, South Tyneside, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 183 pupils on roll.

In 2025, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 7% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #29 of 43 primaries in South Tyneside and #9,514 of 15,231 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2017. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 18.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies. Teacher turnover in the previous year was 15.1%.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

53%

LA 60%

Reading70% LA 71%

Writing80% LA 71%

Maths53% LA 71%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

GPS SS

102

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

73%

LA 59%England 61%

Reading93% LA 72% · Eng 74%

Writing80% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths87% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

43%

LA 61%England 60%

Reading68% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing71% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths50% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.6

Read

LA -0.5

-6.0 to -1.2

-3.0

Write

LA -0.3

-5.3 to -0.7

-5.8

Maths

LA -0.9

-8.0 to -3.5

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

72%

LA 62%England 65%

Reading83% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Writing86% LA 76% · Eng 78%

Maths83% LA 75% · Eng 79%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.6

Read

LA -0.1

-1.7 to 2.9

2.2

Write

LA 0.4

0.0 to 4.3

2.9

Maths

LA -0.2

0.9 to 4.9

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

72%

LA 63%

Reading76% LA 75%

Writing92% LA 76%

Maths84% LA 74%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.9

Read

LA -0.2

-3.3 to 1.5

3.4

Write

LA 0.4

1.1 to 5.7

1.6

Maths

LA 0.0

-0.6 to 3.8

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

Inspection Report

31 October 2024

Inspection Report

04 October 2023

Inspection Report

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08 March 2017

Inspection Report

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03 October 2012

Inspection Report

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11 January 2010

Inspection Report

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12 June 2007

Inspection Report

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03 December 2001

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2017-03-08

Maintained Academy and School Short inspection Legacy

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2012-10-03

None Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 192 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

View Historical Disciplinary Records (2017–2025)keyboard_arrow_down

Year / Term	Headcount	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	192	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	191	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	181	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	199	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	183	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	174	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	207	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	192	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	181	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	207	0.0%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	198	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	195	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	215	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	215	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	208	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	213	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	207	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	199	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	216	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	213	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	202	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	212	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	198	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	191	0.0%	0.5%