St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
4.79 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
St Stephen'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 2025 | 4.79 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 4.79 miles away, the 6th longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 29 first-choice applications for 31 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside.
- Its latest Ofsted outcome, from 11 December 2024, was that it had improved significantly; in 2024/25, 20% of pupils 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
- Goathland Avenue, Longbenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 8FA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “They thrive in a school that helps them to be the best they can be.”
- “The school has a highly ambitious curriculum that enables pupils to gain the knowledge and skills to succeed.”
- “Pupils leave this school well prepared for their next steps in learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 January 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) | 83% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 29 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.
- St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided) 0.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Balliol Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Benton Dene Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ivy Road Primary School 1.0 mi Inadequate Last distance published
- Forest Hall Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Westmoor Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Redesdale Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published