Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Newcastle, Staffordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2025

Not published

From Staffordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025

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Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle, Staffordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 September 2022. Staffordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.

Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School 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
Reception 2025	Not published
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.
At the higher standard in reading, writing and maths, 19% of pupils reached it in 2024/25 (England 8%).
Reception 2026 drew 26 first-choice applications for 26 offers (1.0 first choices per offer, the 53rd highest of 296 Staffordshire primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
5.7% of pupils were eligible for free school meals in the January 2026 census, against a middle figure of 18.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Staffordshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Staffordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Seabridge Lane, Clayton, Seabridge Lane, Newcastle, ST5 4AG
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Council: Staffordshire
Pupils on roll: 228 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.6

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 15 September 2022

Strengths

“In the words of its mission statement, this school ‘is a place where all are valued, and none left out’.”
“As a result of this ethos, which all staff promote, pupils are happy to attend school.”
“Staff have high expectations of behaviour and attitudes which pupils live up to.”

To improve

“However, a small number need more support.”
“However, there are a small number at the early stages of reading who do not use phonics to attempt unknown words.”
“This hinders their fluency and confidence.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 October 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	69%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 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 primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Staffordshire.

Langdale Primary School 0.4 mi Good
Seabridge Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
Co-op Academy Friarswood 1.0 mi School remains Good
Westlands Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
Hassell Primary School 1.4 mi Good
St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good
Knutton St Marys CofE Academy 2.1 mi Some aspects not as strong