St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

North TynesideLocal Authority

TynemouthConstituency

NE29 0BUPostcode

7.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields 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 224 pupils. St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields is part of BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 69%
Higher standard: 12%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

224

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 224
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least 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 8 January 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
26 Nov 2014	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.