St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

Newcastle upon TyneLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne NorthConstituency

NE3 5LEPostcode

9.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 209 pupils. St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth is part of BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 97%
Higher standard: 33%
Reading score: 111
Maths score: 111

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

11%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Pupils

209

Total Pupils

45%Boys

55%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 209
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most 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
6 Feb 2023	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
13 Feb 2009	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.