St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

South TynesideLocal Authority

South ShieldsConstituency

NE34 8NSPostcode

5.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in South Tyneside, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 226 pupils. St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields is part of BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 66%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

226

Total Pupils

44%Boys

56%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

England average

27%

First language not English

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: 226
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: BISHOP CHADWICK 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 29 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
10 Jul 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.