St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

North TynesideLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendConstituency

NE28 8ENPostcode

1.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Columba's Catholic Primary School, 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 190 pupils. St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend is part of BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 43%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

190

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

19%

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 190
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
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.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 30 April 2025. 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
16 Oct 2013	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.