St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth
About the school
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth is an open primary school in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 13 December 2022
- Published
- 6 February 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 73%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 66%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 10%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 11%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 77%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 77%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 80%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 74%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 73%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 76%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 80%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 74%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 50%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 32%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 83%
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 81%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 109
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 109
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- 106
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
211
Girls
52.13%
Boys
47.87%
SEN support
7.11%
Education, health and care plan
2.84%
English as an additional language
15.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
6.16%
Overall absence
3.33
Persistent absence
6.56