# Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School

Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle-under-Lyme, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 228 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E145687. [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-under-lyme)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 228
- Council: Newcastle-under-Lyme
- URN: 145687

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, September 2022
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 15 September 2022
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 69% of pupils at Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Staffordshire and 62% in England.
19% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Staffordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 19% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Clayton Hall Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/clayton-hall-academy-e142278): 530 m. Secondary. Good (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 46.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Langdale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/langdale-primary-school-e148517): 690 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Seabridge Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/seabridge-primary-school-e144439): 800 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Coppice Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/coppice-academy-e141449): 1.4 km. Special. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- [St John's CofE (A) Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-cofe-a-primary-school-e124309): 1.5 km. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Co-op Academy Friarswood](https://openindex.co.uk/school/co-op-academy-friarswood-e144207): 1.6 km. Primary. School remains Good, May 2023. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/145687)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/145687)

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