St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

GatesheadLocal Authority

Jarrow and Gateshead EastConstituency

NE10 0QYPostcode

3.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Gateshead, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 171 pupils. St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw is part of BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 62%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

Black

15%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

171

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

19%

England average

27%

First language not English

25%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 171
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 31 January 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
13 Jul 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.