St Bede's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

st-bedes-catholic-primary-school-northumberland-north-east

North EastRegion

NorthumberlandLocal Authority

Blyth and AshingtonConstituency

NE22 6EQPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 205 pupils. St Bede's Catholic Primary School is part of BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 17 Mar 2026 · published 12 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 46%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Black

Mixed

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

205

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

14%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

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: 205
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
14 Dec 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
19 Oct 2016	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.