Marine Park Primary School
Hatfield Square, Woodbine Estate, South Shields, NE33 2RD
This school is closed (it closed in October 2024).
It was replaced by Marine Park Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Burden
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- South Shields
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 238
- Pupils on roll
- 191
- URN
- 108675
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
About this school
Marine Park Primary School was a community primary school in South Shields. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 191 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Marine Park Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 28 | 15 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 73% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 7% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 93% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 87% | 53% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 93% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 108.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 107.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Marine Park Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | South Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 59.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 183 |
| 2023/24 | 191 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Marine Park Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 50% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 5.7% | 56% | 191 | — |
| Marine Park Primary School | — | 5.7% | 61.4% | 193 | 0.0 miles |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields | 77% | 4.9% | 16.9% | 231 | 0.3 miles |
| Westoe Crown Primary School | 64% | 4.9% | 26.6% | 636 | 0.4 miles |
| Hadrian Primary School | 56% | 6% | 30.4% | 261 | 0.5 miles |
| Laygate Community School | 65% | 5.5% | 66.7% | 227 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56%
- English as an additional language
- 56.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.7%
- Persistent absence
- 16.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Marine Park Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields0.3 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
Westoe Crown Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
Hadrian Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
Laygate Community School0.7 miles
Primary · South Shields
Other schools in South Shields
- Ashley Academy Primary
- Biddick Hall Infants' School Primary
- Biddick Hall Junior School Primary
- Forest View Primary Primary
- Hadrian Primary School Primary
- Harton Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) Primary
- Laygate Community School Primary
- Lord Blyton Primary School Primary
- Marine Park Primary School Primary
- Monkton Academy Primary
- Monkton Infants' School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Marine Park Primary School teach?
- Marine Park Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in South Shields.
- Has Marine Park Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Marine Park Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Marine Park Primary School?
- Marine Park Primary School had 191 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Marine Park Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 43% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Marine Park Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Marine Park Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 October 2024.