Kings Priory School
Huntington Place, Tynemouth, North Shields, NE30 4RF
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Philip Sanderson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Woodard Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Tynemouth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,505
- Pupils on roll
- 1,549
- URN
- 139658
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01915802700
About this school
Kings Priory School is an all-through academy in North Shields. It teaches children aged 4 to 18 and has 1,549 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 27 June 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 92 | 92 | 93 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 75% | 82% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 10% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 84% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 85% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 79% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 126 | 133 | 124 |
| Attainment 8 score | 56.6 | 61.1 | 57.1 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.38 +0.13 to +0.63 | +0.84 +0.60 to +1.09 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 75% | 77.4% | 74.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 89% | 91% | 93.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 68% | 69.9% | 56.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Kings Priory 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 | North Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 57.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 82% | 58.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | North Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 56.6 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 61.1 | 35.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 57.1 | 36.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,516 |
| 2023/24 | 1,533 |
| 2024/25 | 1,565 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kings Priory School compares
Kings Priory School ranked 1st of 12 secondary schools in North Tyneside for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 90% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57.1 | 4.6% | 10.7% | 1,549 | — |
| Bede Academy | 48.9 | 6.2% | 24.5% | 2,030 | 7.8 miles |
| Academy 360 | 31.7 | 11.4% | 64.5% | 854 | 8.4 miles |
| Christ's College | 43.2 | 7.4% | 33% | 796 | 8.5 miles |
| Sir James Knott Memorial Nursery School | — | — | 0% | 114 | 0.4 miles |
| King Edward Primary School | — | 3.4% | 13.2% | 473 | 0.8 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.72%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.64%
- Persistent absence
- 8.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bede Academy7.8 miles
All-through · Blyth
-
Academy 3608.4 miles
All-through · Sunderland
-
Christ's College8.5 miles
All-through · Sunderland
-
Sir James Knott Memorial Nursery School0.4 miles
Nursery · North Shields
-
King Edward Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · North Tyneside
Other schools in North Shields
Kings Priory School ranks 3rd of the 15 ranked primary schools in North Shields, and Kings Priory School ranks 1st of the 5 ranked secondary schools in North Shields.
- Sir James Knott Memorial Nursery School Nursery
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Collingwood Primary School Primary
- Cullercoats Primary School Primary
- Monkhouse Primary School Primary
- New York Primary School Primary
- Percy Main Primary School Primary
- Preston Grange Primary School Primary
- Riverside Primary School Primary
- Spring Gardens Primary School Primary
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Kings Priory School teach?
- Kings Priory School teaches children aged 4 to 18. It is an all-through school in North Shields.
- Who is the principal of Kings Priory School?
- The principal of Kings Priory School is Mr Philip Sanderson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Kings Priory School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kings Priory 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 big is Kings Priory School?
- Kings Priory School has 1,549 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 18.
- Is Kings Priory School full?
- Kings Priory School has capacity for 1,505 pupils and 1,549 on roll (103%), so it is at or above 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 Kings Priory School a faith school?
- No. Kings Priory School has no designated religious character.
- Is Kings Priory School a selective school?
- No. Kings Priory School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Kings Priory School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Kings Priory School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Kings Priory School?
- Kings Priory School is part of WOODARD ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Kings Priory School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 82% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kings Priory School rank locally?
- Kings Priory School ranked 1st of 12 secondary schools in North Tyneside for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 90% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kings Priory School's absence rate?
- Kings Priory School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kings Priory School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kings Priory 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 7 July 2026.