Academy converter · North Tyneside

St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend

3–11Ages
330Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
148815URN

Rising Sun Cottages, Wallsend, NE28 9JW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJul 2013

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.4 below North Tyneside median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Tyneside

58 applications for 42 places · 43rd of 50 in North Tyneside

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

66%met the expected standard

North Tyneside 64% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJul 2013

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Apr 2024

Inspection history

24 April 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
10 July 2013
Graded inspection: Good · as St Bernadettes Roman Catholic Primary School Aided, URN 108624

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

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.4 below North Tyneside median (1.8) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

58 applications · 42 places offered · 41 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 1.4; North Tyneside median median 1.8
2025 1.6; North Tyneside median median 1.7
2024 1.6; North Tyneside median median 1.8
2023 1.9; North Tyneside median median 1.9
2022 1.7; North Tyneside median median 1.8
2021 1.8; North Tyneside median median 1.8; as the previous school
2020 2.0; North Tyneside median median 1.8; as the previous school
2019 1.6; North Tyneside median median 1.9; as the previous school
2018 2.0; North Tyneside median median 1.9; as the previous school
2017 2.3; North Tyneside median median 2.0; as the previous school
2016 2.0; North Tyneside median median 1.8; as the previous school
2015 2.0; North Tyneside median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 2.3; North Tyneside median median 2.0; as the previous school

More applications per place than the North Tyneside median in 0 of 5 years.

This school
North Tyneside median

Dashed bars: as St Bernadettes Roman Catholic Primary School Aided (URN 108624), 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	42	58	1.4	41	0.98
Sep 2025	36	56	1.6	32	0.89
Sep 2024	38	62	1.6	38	1.00
Sep 2023	29	54	1.9	29	1.00
Sep 2022	37	64	1.7	36	0.97
Sep 2021 *	32	58	1.8	32	1.00
Sep 2020 *	30	59	2.0	30	1.00
Sep 2019 *	44	69	1.6	43	0.98
Sep 2018 *	37	75	2.0	36	0.97
Sep 2017 *	45	103	2.3	52	1.16
Sep 2016 *	45	91	2.0	55	1.22
Sep 2015 *	46	94	2.0	48	1.04
Sep 2014 *	46	105	2.3	57	1.24

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 80% · Maths 80% → all three 66% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard66%20th of 45 in North Tyneside

North Tyneside 64% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard80%

North Tyneside 79% England 78%

Higher standard34%

North Tyneside 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard80%

North Tyneside 75% England 75%

Greater depth22%

North Tyneside 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard80%

North Tyneside 79% England 77%

Higher standard29%

North Tyneside 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

This school
North Tyneside median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	66%	10%	106	105
2023/24	62%	16%	105	104
2022/23	67%	4%	105	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 Bernadette's Catholic Primary, WallsendThis school
This school

Remains Good2024

1.4applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Wallsend Jubilee Primary School
0.5 km · North Tyneside

Remains Good2024

1.7applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Redesdale Primary School
1.0 km · North Tyneside

Remains Good2023

2.0applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
Battle Hill Primary School
1.1 km · North Tyneside

Remains Good2022

1.5applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend
1.2 km · North Tyneside

Standards maintained2025

2.5applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Western Community Primary School
1.6 km · North Tyneside

Good2024

1.4applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Richardson Dees Primary School
1.7 km · North Tyneside

Good2022

2.2applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Hadrian Park Primary School
1.7 km · North Tyneside

Remains Good2023

1.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
St Peter's Church of England Primary School
1.8 km · North Tyneside

Requires improvement2023

1.4applications per place

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 148815 · 392/3319
Trust: Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 315 pupils · 330 on roll
Free school meals: 15.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2021
Replaced: St Bernadettes Roman Catholic Primary School Aided (URN 108624)
Address: Rising Sun Cottages, Wallsend, NE28 9JW
Local authority: North Tyneside

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