St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Wallsend, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.28 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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St Columba'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 30 April 2025. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
St Columba'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 | 1.28 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 1.28 miles away, the 18th shortest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 21 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 19.5% 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
- Station Road, Wallsend, NE28 8EN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 190 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 30 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at the school are caring and happy.”
- “The school has high expectations for what pupils achieve.”
- “Pupils behave well in classrooms and at breaktimes.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, a few pupils still have gaps in their understanding that are not being addressed successfully in lessons.”
- “As a result, these pupils do not develop a clear understanding of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 June 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) | 48% | 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 North Tyneside.
- Western Community Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Wallsend Jubilee Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Carville Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Redesdale Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Richardson Dees Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Battle Hill Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published