St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell

State-Funded School

st-peters-catholic-primary-school-low-fell-gateshead-north-east

North EastRegion

GatesheadLocal Authority

Gateshead Central and WhickhamConstituency

NE9 5TUPostcode

8.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Gateshead, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 213 pupils. St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell is part of BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 76%
Higher standard: 27%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 110

Ethnicity

White

76%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

213

Total Pupils

45%Boys

55%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

20%

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: Average
Total pupils: 213
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: BISHOP WILKINSON 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 5 February 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
16 Mar 2020	Good	Good	Good	Outstanding	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.