Academy converter · North Tyneside

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats

3–11Ages
185Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
148450URN

Farringdon Road, Cullercoats, North Shields, NE30 3EY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodMar 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.4per place

0.6 above North Tyneside median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Tyneside

36 applications for 15 places · 9th of 50 in North Tyneside

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

64%met the expected standard

North Tyneside 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodMar 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

The graded inspection, 10 March 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

5 March 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
10 March 2020
Graded inspection: Good · as St Marys Roman Catholic Primary School Aided, URN 108618

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

2.4applications per place, Reception

0.6 above North Tyneside median (1.8) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

36 applications · 15 places offered · 14 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.4; North Tyneside median median 1.8
2025 2.1; North Tyneside median median 1.7
2024 2.5; North Tyneside median median 1.8
2023 2.3; North Tyneside median median 1.9
2022 2.0; North Tyneside median median 1.8
2021 2.2; North Tyneside median median 1.8; as the previous school
2020 1.7; North Tyneside median median 1.8; as the previous school
2019 2.1; North Tyneside median median 1.9; as the previous school
2018 1.7; North Tyneside median median 1.9; as the previous school
2017 2.3; North Tyneside median median 2.0; as the previous school
2016 2.6; North Tyneside median median 1.8; as the previous school
2015 2.1; North Tyneside median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 2.5; North Tyneside median median 2.0; as the previous school

More applications per place than the North Tyneside median in 5 of 5 years.

This school
North Tyneside median

Dashed bars: as St Marys Roman Catholic Primary School Aided (URN 108618), 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	15	36	2.4	14	0.93
Sep 2025	22	45	2.1	22	1.00
Sep 2024	17	42	2.5	18	1.06
Sep 2023	20	45	2.3	19	0.95
Sep 2022	23	47	2.0	22	0.96
Sep 2021 *	18	40	2.2	17	0.94
Sep 2020 *	29	49	1.7	28	0.97
Sep 2019 *	29	60	2.1	31	1.07
Sep 2018 *	29	50	1.7	27	0.93
Sep 2017 *	30	69	2.3	38	1.27
Sep 2016 *	29	75	2.6	32	1.10
Sep 2015 *	30	62	2.1	29	0.97
Sep 2014 *	29	72	2.5	27	0.93

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 89% · Writing 68% · Maths 86% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%23rd of 45 in North Tyneside

North Tyneside 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard89%

North Tyneside 79% England 78%

Higher standard43%

North Tyneside 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard68%

North Tyneside 75% England 75%

Greater depth21%

North Tyneside 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard86%

North Tyneside 79% England 77%

Higher standard39%

North Tyneside 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

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North Tyneside median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	64%	18%	107	106
2023/24	80%	17%	109	108
2022/23	65%	16%	107	104

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 Mary's Catholic Primary School, CullercoatsThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

2.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Monkhouse Primary School
0.6 km · North Tyneside

Good2023

2.8applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Cullercoats Primary School
0.9 km · North Tyneside

Remains Good2022

2.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Preston Grange Primary School
1.0 km · North Tyneside

Remains Good2024

2.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay
1.1 km · North Tyneside

Remains Good2024

1.6applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Appletree Gardens First School
1.1 km · North Tyneside

Remains Good2024

1.9applications per place
Rockcliffe First School
1.4 km · North Tyneside

Good2024

2.5applications per place
Langley First School
1.6 km · North Tyneside

2026

1.9applications per place
King Edward Primary School
1.7 km · North Tyneside

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place 48%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: 148450 · 392/3309
Trust: Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 210 pupils · 185 on roll
Free school meals: 12.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 August 2021
Replaced: St Marys Roman Catholic Primary School Aided (URN 108618)
Address: Farringdon Road, Cullercoats, North Shields, NE30 3EY
Local authority: North Tyneside

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources