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St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields

  • 3–11Ages
  • 226Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 148911URN

Nash Avenue, Whiteleas, South Shields, NE34 8NS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJun 2014
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.3 below South Tyneside median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in South Tyneside

37 applications for 23 places · 24th of 38 in South Tyneside
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
68%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJun 2014
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

Inspection history

  1. 29 January 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained

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
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.3 below South Tyneside median (1.9) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

37 applications · 23 places offered · 23 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.6; South Tyneside median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.3; South Tyneside median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.6; South Tyneside median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.5; South Tyneside median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.5; South Tyneside median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.6; South Tyneside median median 1.7; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.6; South Tyneside median median 1.6; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.6; South Tyneside median median 1.6; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.7; South Tyneside median median 1.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.4; South Tyneside median median 1.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.8; South Tyneside median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.5; South Tyneside median median 1.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.4; South Tyneside median median 1.4; as the previous school
More applications per place than the South Tyneside median in 0 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • South Tyneside median

Dashed bars: as St Oswald's RC Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 108718), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202623371.6231.00
Sep 202527351.3240.89
Sep 202427421.6271.00
Sep 202329441.5291.00
Sep 202226401.5261.00
Sep 2021 *25411.6251.00
Sep 2020 *30471.6331.10
Sep 2019 *30491.6361.20
Sep 2018 *30501.7351.17
Sep 2017 *30411.4290.97
Sep 2016 *30531.8381.27
Sep 2015 *30461.5391.30
Sep 2014 *23331.4210.91

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 82% · Maths 75% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%15th of 38 in South Tyneside
Reading
Expected standard79%
Higher standard29%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard82%
Greater depth25%
Maths
Expected standard75%
Higher standard14%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • South Tyneside median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2568%7%105103
2023/2466%7%104103
2022/2368%12%106107

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
148911 · 393/3305
Trust
Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
256 pupils · 226 on roll
Free school meals
40.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 February 2022
Replaced
St Oswald's RC Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 108718)
Address
Nash Avenue, Whiteleas, South Shields, NE34 8NS
Local authority
South Tyneside

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