St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wallsend, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.20 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend is a primary school in Wallsend, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 23 October 2024. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend 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 | 1.20 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 1.20 miles away, 16th shortest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 23 first-choice applications for 22 offers; 22 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 76% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Coniston Road, Wallsend, NE28 0EP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 222 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 23 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this calm and nurturing school.”
- “There is a warm welcome waiting for pupils each morning.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school and value the learning and support that they receive.”
To improve
- “On some occasions, teaching is not adapted to support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) as well as it could.”
- “In a small number of subjects, teachers do not consistently adapt the work they provide to ensure that all pupils can develop their understanding.”
- “In these subjects, pupils’ knowledge is less secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 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) | 76% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 22 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.
- Denbigh Community Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Battle Hill Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stephenson Memorial Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hadrian Park Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Richardson Dees Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Percy Main Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published