St Michael's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

st-michaels-catholic-primary-school-newcastle-upon-tyne-north-east

North EastRegion

Newcastle upon TyneLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne Central and WestConstituency

NE4 7REPostcode

1.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 222 pupils. St Michael's Catholic Primary School is part of BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 27 Jan 2026 · published 24 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 45%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

29%

Asian

29%

Black

30%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

222

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

62%

England average

27%

First language not English

39%

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: 222
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
21 Nov 2021	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
1 Dec 2016	Inadequate	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Inadequate

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.