St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

Newcastle upon TyneLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendConstituency

NE6 2JXPostcode

3.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 221 pupils. St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School is part of BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 57%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

38%

Asian

Black

38%

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

221

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

71%

England average

27%

First language not English

46%

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: 221
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.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 28 September 2023. 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
17 Jan 2018	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.