St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead

Academy converter·Primary school Gateshead·NE10 0DJ
Composite score
38.2
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#11,517
National rank
#616
In North East
#50
In Gateshead
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
39%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
24 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
39
any preference, for 24 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20220.9420231.2020241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
155
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
39.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
50.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,450
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead is a primary school in Gateshead, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 155 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 39% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 1.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 100 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 24 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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