St Bernadettes Catholic Primary, Wallsend

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

North TynesideLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendConstituency

NE28 9JWPostcode

6.1

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Bernadettes Catholic Primary, Wallsend is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in North Tyneside, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 330 pupils. St Bernadettes Catholic Primary, Wallsend is part of BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 62%
Higher standard: 16%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

330

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

15%

England average

27%

First language not English

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: Average
Total pupils: 330
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: BISHOP BEWICK 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 24 April 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
9 Sept 2013	Outstanding	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.