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St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell

4–11Ages
213Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
148908URN

Dryden Road, Low Fell, St Peters Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Gateshead, NE9 5TU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodFeb 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.1per place

0.9 above Gateshead median (2.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Gateshead

93 applications for 30 places · 5th of 59 in Gateshead

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

80%met the expected standard

Gateshead 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodFeb 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

The graded inspection, 11 February 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

5 February 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
11 February 2020
Graded inspection: Good · as St Peter's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, URN 108385

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

3.1applications per place, Reception

0.9 above Gateshead median (2.2) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

93 applications · 30 places offered · 36 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 3.1; Gateshead median median 2.2
2025 2.9; Gateshead median median 2.1
2024 2.8; Gateshead median median 2.0
2023 3.6; Gateshead median median 1.9
2022 2.4; Gateshead median median 2.0
2021 3.0; Gateshead median median 2.0; as the previous school
2020 3.0; Gateshead median median 2.0; as the previous school
2019 3.0; Gateshead median median 2.0; as the previous school
2018 3.1; Gateshead median median 1.8; as the previous school
2017 3.5; Gateshead median median 1.8; as the previous school
2016 2.8; Gateshead median median 1.8; as the previous school
2015 3.3; Gateshead median median 1.8; as the previous school
2014 3.1; Gateshead median median 1.7; as the previous school

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

This school
Gateshead median

Dashed bars: as St Peter's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 108385), 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	30	93	3.1	36	1.20
Sep 2025	30	88	2.9	27	0.90
Sep 2024	28	78	2.8	25	0.89
Sep 2023	22	78	3.6	20	0.91
Sep 2022	30	73	2.4	37	1.23
Sep 2021 *	30	91	3.0	26	0.87
Sep 2020 *	25	75	3.0	25	1.00
Sep 2019 *	30	91	3.0	30	1.00
Sep 2018 *	30	93	3.1	39	1.30
Sep 2017 *	30	105	3.5	39	1.30
Sep 2016 *	30	84	2.8	33	1.10
Sep 2015 *	30	100	3.3	53	1.77
Sep 2014 *	30	94	3.1	40	1.33

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 93% · Writing 90% · Maths 93% → all three 80% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard80%11th of 62 in Gateshead

Gateshead 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard93%

Gateshead 80% England 78%

Higher standard47%

Gateshead 31% England 33%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard90%

Gateshead 76% England 75%

Greater depth27%

Gateshead 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard93%

Gateshead 79% England 77%

Higher standard47%

Gateshead 27% England 24%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Gateshead median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	80%	23%	110	110
2023/24	76%	27%	109	110
2022/23	84%	0%	110	107

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 Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low FellThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

3.1applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Kells Lane Primary School
0.6 km · Gateshead

Good2022

2.8applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Glynwood Community Primary School
0.7 km · Gateshead

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.1applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Carr Hill Community Primary School
0.9 km · Gateshead

Remains Good2023

1.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Kelvin Grove Community Primary School
1.2 km · Gateshead

2026

2.6applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
South Street Community Primary School
1.2 km · Gateshead

Good2024

2.1applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead
1.3 km · Gateshead

Outstanding2023

2.4applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Caedmon Community Primary School
1.4 km · Gateshead

Good2023

2.3applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Oakfield Junior School
1.5 km · Gateshead

Good2023

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 148908 · 390/3319
Trust: Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 210 pupils · 213 on roll
Free school meals: 8.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 February 2022
Replaced: St Peter's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 108385)
Address: Dryden Road, Low Fell, St Peters Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Gateshead, NE9 5TU
Local authority: Gateshead

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