St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · North Shields, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
3.69 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields is a primary school in North Shields, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 January 2025. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields 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 | 3.69 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 84% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside.
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 3.69 miles away, the 10th longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- Of pupils here, 33% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 51.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lovaine Place, North Shields, NE29 0BU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 224 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 January 2025
Strengths
- “St Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School is a happy place filled with kindness.”
- “Pupils’ conversations create a palpable buzz around the building.”
- “Outdoor learning enhances every part of the curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not achieve as highly in mathematics as they do in other parts of the curriculum.”
- “The school’s approach to teaching more complex mathematics is not as consistent as it could be.”
- “Some pupils lack the fluency and skills to tackle more tricky problems.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 February 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) | 84% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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 North Tyneside.
- Spring Gardens Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Waterville Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Riverside Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Collingwood Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitehouse Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published