Biddick Hall Junior School
Chesterton Road, South Shields, NE34 9SP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs M Collinson
- Constituency
- South Shields
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 211
- URN
- 108678
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01915362186
About this school
Biddick Hall Junior School is a community primary school in South Shields. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 211 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Biddick Hall Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 42 | 53 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 90% | 91% | 87% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 21% | 34% | 31% |
| Expected standard in reading | 98% | 96% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 100% | 94% | 100% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 94% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111.0 | 111.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +5.40 | - | - |
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 Biddick Hall Junior 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 | 90% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 91% | 59.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 87% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 205 |
| 2023/24 | 228 |
| 2024/25 | 225 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Biddick Hall Junior School compares
Biddick Hall Junior School ranked 1st of 38 primary schools in South Tyneside for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 87% | 5% | 68% | 211 | — |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) | 62% | 4.8% | 70.5% | 228 | 0.2 miles |
| Biddick Hall Infants' School | — | 5% | 67.9% | 219 | 0.3 miles |
| Monkton Infants' School | — | 8.5% | 71.6% | 164 | 0.3 miles |
| Monkton Academy | 28% | 5.9% | 61.6% | 169 | 0.5 miles |
| Lord Blyton Primary School | 68% | 5.5% | 46.1% | 229 | 0.6 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 68%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 5%
- Persistent absence
- 15.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields)0.2 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
Biddick Hall Infants' School0.3 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
Monkton Infants' School0.3 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
Monkton Academy0.5 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
Lord Blyton Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · South Shields
Other schools in South Shields
Biddick Hall Junior School ranks 1st of the 18 ranked primary schools in South Shields.
- Ashley Academy Primary
- Biddick Hall Infants' 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
- Mortimer Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Biddick Hall Junior School teach?
- Biddick Hall Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in South Shields.
- Who is the headteacher of Biddick Hall Junior School?
- The headteacher of Biddick Hall Junior School is Mrs M Collinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Biddick Hall Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Biddick Hall Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Biddick Hall Junior School?
- Biddick Hall Junior School has 211 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Biddick Hall Junior School full?
- Biddick Hall Junior School has capacity for 240 pupils and 211 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Biddick Hall Junior School a faith school?
- No. Biddick Hall Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Biddick Hall Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Biddick Hall Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Biddick Hall Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 90% in 2022/23 and 87% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Biddick Hall Junior School compare with other schools in South Tyneside?
- Biddick Hall Junior School ranked 1st of 38 primary schools in South Tyneside for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Biddick Hall Junior School's absence rate?
- Biddick Hall Junior School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Biddick Hall Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Biddick Hall Junior 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 29 June 2026.