St Wilfrid's RC College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · South Shields, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.486 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Wilfrid's RC College is a secondary school in South Shields, South Tyneside for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 April 2025. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Wilfrid's RC College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.486 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered was 1.486 miles, the 4th longest of 8 South Tyneside secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 figure was further from the school than in 2025 and 2022, and the longest of the 4 years with a published distance; the biggest swing was 2022 to 2023.
- Year 7 2026 saw 127 first-choice applications for 182 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the lowest of 8 South Tyneside secondary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 nearest secondary schools in South Tyneside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other South Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Temple Park Road, South Shields, NE34 0QA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 1,271 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 April 2025
Strengths
- “Many strive to live up to the school’s values of respect, responsibility and resilience.”
- “Pupils are safe at the school.”
- “The school wants its pupils to succeed at a high standard.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ experience at the school is mixed.”
- “However, some pupils do not follow the school’s rules and expectations.”
- “Pupils’ learning is sometimes disrupted.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 50% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 127 first-preference applications, 182 offers in total, 127 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in South Tyneside.
- Mortimer Community College 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harton Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Boldon School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Jarrow School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitburn Church of England Academy 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hebburn Comprehensive School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Academy 3.9 mi Good Last distance published