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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 31 January 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 15 June 2017Graded inspection: Good · as St Alban's Catholic Primary School, URN 108398
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry39 applications · 20 places offered · 19 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; Gateshead median median 2.2
- 2025 3.1; Gateshead median median 2.1
- 2024 1.7; Gateshead median median 2.0
- 2023 1.6; Gateshead median median 1.9
- 2022 2.2; Gateshead median median 2.0
- 2021 2.1; Gateshead median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 1.8; Gateshead median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 1.8; Gateshead median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; Gateshead median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Gateshead median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Gateshead median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Gateshead median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Gateshead median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Gateshead median
Dashed bars: as St Alban's Catholic Primary School (URN 108398), St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 108397), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 20 | 39 | 2.0 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 37 | 1.7 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 23 | 37 | 1.6 | 22 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 20 | 43 | 2.2 | 19 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 * | 15 | 32 | 2.1 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2020 * | 24 | 44 | 1.8 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 20 | 36 | 1.8 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 49 | 1.6 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2017 * | 29 | 49 | 1.7 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 55 | 1.8 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 41 | 1.37 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 53% · Writing 63% · Maths 50% → all three 41% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Gateshead median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 41% | 6% | 101 | 99 |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 3% | 104 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 72% | 14% | 108 | 105 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, PelawThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20242.0applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Gateshead20262.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Gateshead20261.9applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · GatesheadGood20222.0applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Newcastle upon TyneStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · GatesheadGood20241.9applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Newcastle upon TyneStandards maintained20251.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · GatesheadGood20242.1applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · GatesheadRemains Good20241.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148410 · 390/3335
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 171 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2021
- Replaced
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School (URN 108398); St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School (URN 108397)
- Address
- Rothbury Avenue, Pelaw, Gateshead, NE10 0QY
- Local authority
- Gateshead
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources