St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

North TynesideLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne NorthConstituency

NE12 8FAPostcode

7.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

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

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 230 pupils. St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle is part of BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 70%
Higher standard: 11%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 109

Ethnicity

White

59%

Asian

17%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

230

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

20%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 230
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less 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.

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 11 December 2024. 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
3 Feb 2012	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.