Foundation school · Primary
Wallsend · NE28 8QL · North Tyneside
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 148816
St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend
Academy converter · Wallsend · NE28 8EN
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
190
Local authority
North Tyneside
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
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 Wallsend, North Tyneside, 190 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 20.6%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 148816
Location
- Address
- Station Road
- Postcode
- NE28 8EN
- Town
- Wallsend
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- District
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 190
- Boys / girls
- 107 / 83
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 190 / 210 (90%)
- Free school meals
- 20.6%
- FSM pupils
- 37
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
- Governance
- Academy trust: BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachel Steinmetz
- Telephone
- 01912623098
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-06-12
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 66%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0