St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields
About the school
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields is an open primary school in South Tyneside.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 29 January 2025
- Published
- 20 February 2025
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- Standards maintained
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 68%
- South Tyneside
- 62%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 7%
- South Tyneside
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 79%
- South Tyneside
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 82%
- South Tyneside
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 75%
- South Tyneside
- 74%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 86%
- South Tyneside
- 72%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 32%
- South Tyneside
- 25%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 82%
- South Tyneside
- 82%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 105
- South Tyneside
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 103
- South Tyneside
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 106
- South Tyneside
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
225
Girls
54.67%
Boys
45.33%
SEN support
16.44%
Education, health and care plan
0.89%
English as an additional language
4.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
38.31%
Overall absence
5.03
Persistent absence
13.14