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St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Rising Sun Cottages, Wallsend NE28 9JW · st-bernadettesprimary.co.uk · 0191 313 0491
On the mapSearch near NE28 9JW
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 66%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. North Tyneside 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 330
- 15 over 315 places · 105%
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 15%
- First language not English
- 7.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 42 places were offered; 98% 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 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 36 | 32 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across North Tyneside it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲66% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 108624)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 April 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 108624), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108624)
Mar 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108624)
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 57
- 18% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied