St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.242 miles
Published by Newcastle City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Newcastle upon Tyne has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle 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 | 0.242 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.907 mi |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | 0.323 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.104 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.213 mi |
| Reception 2020 | Not published |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 for Reception, the last child offered a place lived 0.242 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 16 Newcastle upon Tyne primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception in 2026, there were 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers, with 28 offers to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families not offered a place.
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure of 57% (England 62%) ranked 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne.
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2021, and it swung sharply between some years.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Newcastle upon Tyne schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Whickham View, Denton Burn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 7HP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “The school strives to make all pupils and families feel welcome as valued members of the school community.”
- “They respond to pupils’ needs effectively.”
- “Pupils trust staff to help them with their problems.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of foundation subjects, there are gaps in what pupils know and remember as they move into the school’s revised and more challenging curriculum.”
- “Assessment of pupils’ long-term knowledge is not developed well enough to help teachers to address this through careful identification of any misconceptions or gaps in pupils’ long-term knowledge.”
- “Despite this, the current lesson structure does not support pupils to apply what they know and remember in maths to support them with problem solving and reasoning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 May 2024 (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) | 57% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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 Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Broadwood Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Waverley Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stocksfield Avenue Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St George's Catholic Primary School, Bells Close 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bridgewater Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lemington Riverside Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Fenham 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beech Hill Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published