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St Charles' Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Regent Farm Road, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE3 3HE · 0191 285 2553
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 83%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Newcastle upon Tyne 66%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Newcastle upon Tyne Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 241
- 92% of 262 places
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 4.4%
- First language not English
- 15.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Newcastle upon Tyne Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 78% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 37 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 26 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 86% |
Results
In 2024/25, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 30% the higher standard. Across Newcastle upon Tyne it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲83% | 62% | ||
| ▲30% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲112 | 106 | ||
| ▲113 | 105 | ||
| ▲116 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 108496)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 September 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for St Charles' Catholic Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 19 Sept 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2012
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 108496), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108496)
Sept 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108496)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (59 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 59
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 66% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied