# St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields

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

It had 224 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E148448. [North Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 224
- Council: North Tyneside
- URN: 148448

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, January 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 8 January 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, 84% of pupils at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in North Tyneside and 62% in England.
16% 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 | 84% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 16% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 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.

- [Spring Gardens Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/spring-gardens-primary-school-e150331): 430 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), December 2021, before the school changed. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Waterville Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/waterville-primary-school-e108571): 460 m. Primary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Christ Church CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/christ-church-cofe-primary-school-e108614): 590 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Riverside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/riverside-primary-school-e108575): 890 m. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-north-shields-e148449): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), June 2024. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [King Edward Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/king-edward-primary-school-e108573): 1.1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 48% 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/148448)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148448)

## How to cite

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