Academy converter · Primary
Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE6 4SD · Newcastle upon Tyne
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 148447
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker
Academy converter · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE6 4HQ
Ages 3–11 · 213 pupils · Newcastle upon Tyne
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
60%
Overall absence
5.3%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-05-12
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)60%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 109.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)12.6%
Unauthorised2.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 183
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill72%
213 pupils · 297 places
- Pupils on roll
- 213
- Boys / girls
- 106 / 107
- School capacity
- 297
- Capacity fill
- 213 / 297 (72%)
- Free school meals
- 37.4%
- FSM pupils
- 79
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ciara Yeoman
Location
- Address
- Westbourne Avenue
- Postcode
- NE6 4HQ
- Town
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, 213 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 37.4%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ciara Yeoman
- Telephone
- 01912625552