St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

South TynesideLocal Authority

South ShieldsConstituency

NE33 4PGPostcode

9.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 231 pupils. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields is part of BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 71%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

73%

Asian

12%

Black

Mixed

10%

Any other group

Pupils

231

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

21%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 231
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
2 Jul 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
22 Apr 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.