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St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead

Primary · Gateshead · NE10 8PP

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 10 July 2024

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At a glance

320 pupils · 102% of 315 capacity (over capacity)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
35.7% of pupils
English as additional language
7.8% of pupils
SEN support
13.5% of pupils
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.staugustinesprimary.org
URN
148605

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

44 places offered · 44 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

45 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers55.5%
Gateshead average66.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Aloysius Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 118 miles awayGood78%
Woodland View Primary and Nursery SchoolSutton-in-Ashfield · 125 miles awayNot yet graded42%
Bodriggy AcademyHayle · 366 miles awayGood51%
Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolAccrington · 89 miles awayNeeds attention39%
Castlechurch Primary SchoolStafford · 150 miles awayGood76%
Filey Junior SchoolFiley · 71 miles awayGood55%
Featherstone AcademyWolverhampton · 160 miles awayGood69%
Carrfield Primary AcademyRotherham · 98 miles awayGood63%
Thanet Primary SchoolHull · 96 miles awayGood56%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 245 miles awayExpected standard67%
Thornhill Junior and Infant SchoolDewsbury · 88 miles awayGood55%
Holly Hill Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 129 miles awayGood51%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.1%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 14% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£5,917
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher15%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work17.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways27.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health38.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier47%62.3%
Social housing44.5%17.1%
Privately rented8.5%20.5%
Detached houses1.5%22.9%
Flats1.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms2.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van34.7%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01008242 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,300 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£132,500285 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£119,000–£164,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£237,000
Semi-detached (195)£137,000
Terraced (63)£130,000
Flat (16)£72,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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