St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wallsend, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
3.71 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend is a primary school in Wallsend, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 April 2024. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, 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 | 3.71 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2025: the last child offered a place lived 3.71 miles away, 8th longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance (middle 1.94 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 41 first-choice applications for 42 offers; 40 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (2%) was not offered a place.
- 14.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 31.6% 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
- Rising Sun Cottages, Wallsend, NE28 9JW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 330 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils, parents and staff all share a sense of pride in belonging to St Bernadette’s.”
- “This is an inclusive school where everyone is made to feel welcome.”
- “There is a strong sense of togetherness.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes pupils find it difficult to talk about what they have learned previously, or link what they have recently learned to bigger ideas across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 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) | 66% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 40 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.
- Wallsend Jubilee Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Redesdale Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Battle Hill Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Western Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Richardson Dees Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hadrian Park Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published