# St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend

St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend is a primary school in North Tyneside, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 190 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E148816. [North Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 190
- Council: North Tyneside
- URN: 148816

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, April 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 30 April 2025
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, 48% of pupils at St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in North Tyneside and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

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

| Measure | This school | North Tyneside | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 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.

- [Western Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/western-community-primary-school-e133384): 460 m. Primary. Good (overall), April 2024. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Wallsend Jubilee Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wallsend-jubilee-primary-school-e108594): 1 km. Primary. School remains Good, January 2024. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Carville Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carville-academy-e150961): 1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, September 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed
- [Redesdale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/redesdale-primary-school-e108599): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Richardson Dees Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/richardson-dees-primary-school-e108596): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), June 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-bernadettes-catholic-primary-wallsend-e148815): 1.2 km. Primary. School remains Good, April 2024. 66% 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/148816)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148816)

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