St Wilfrid's RC College
About the school
St Wilfrid's RC College is an open secondary school in South Tyneside.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 8 April 2025
- Published
- 14 May 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 48.2
- South Tyneside
- 42.7
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- South Tyneside
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 50.00%
- South Tyneside
- 38.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 74.10%
- South Tyneside
- 60.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 30.60%
- South Tyneside
- 35.30%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.19
- South Tyneside
- 3.74
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C+
Average A-level points
- School
- 32.06
AAB or better
- School
- 14.00%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1338
Girls
54.48%
Boys
45.52%
SEN support
11.14%
Education, health and care plan
1.42%
English as an additional language
11.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
33.00%
Overall absence
9.79
Persistent absence
28.49
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
213
Sustained education or employment
93%
Education
85%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
2%
Not sustained
6%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
66
Sustained education or employment
89%
Higher education
64%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
11%
Employment
14%