St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Gateshead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gateshead Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton is a primary school in Gateshead for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 December 2024. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 55 of the 62 other Gateshead primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 21 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 45.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 28.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gateshead schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Easington Avenue, Wrekenton, Gateshead, NE9 7LH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 191 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 December 2024
Strengths
- “This is a school that welcomes everyone.”
- “Staff quickly get to know pupils well, which helps them to care for individual pupils’ needs.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning from the school’s ambitious curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, where pupils have gaps in their knowledge, for example because they have missed lessons, the school does not have a consistent system in place to help pupils to catch up.”
- “However, some pupils use derogatory, homophobic language during social times.”
- “They do not recognise that this should be reported to staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2025 (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) | 56% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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 Gateshead.
- Fell Dyke Community Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Larkspur Community Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harlow Green Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Glynwood Community Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Windy Nook Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kells Lane Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakfield Infant School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published