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St Wilfrid's RC College

Temple Park Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE34 0QA ·

Ofsted:Some areas below Good· 2025Roman Catholic

At a glance

A state Roman Catholic secondary academy for ages 11–19 in South Shields. Ofsted inspection (April 2025): Some areas below Good (no overall grade was given). GCSE results are around the England average (Attainment 8: 48.2 vs 46.1, 2024/25). 127 families put it first for 182 places (September 2026 entry).

Ages: 11–19
Pupils: 1,271
Gender: Mixed
Sixth form: Yes
Admissions: Non-selective
Local authority: South Tyneside
Academy trust: BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Headteacher: Mr Glenn Sanderson
Opened: Feb 2016

School website 01914569121 Explore the area

Inspection

Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)

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Graded inspection 8 Apr 2025

Inspections from September 2024 did not give an overall grade, only the separate judgements below.

Quality of education: Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
Personal development: Good
Leadership and management: Requires improvement
Sixth form: Good

Safeguarding effective: Yes

Latest ungraded inspection (8 Feb 2024): School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next

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Exam results

Department for Education performance tables

GCSE results, 2024/25 · 232 pupils

Attainment 8

48.2

England 46.1

Grade 5+ Eng & maths

50%

England 45.4%

Grade 4+ Eng & maths

74.1%

England 64.8%

Progress 8

-0.27

2023/24 · CI -0.45 to -0.08

This school

48.2

South Tyneside

42.7

England

46.1

Attainment 8 over time

Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.

Admissions

Demand for places and how places are allocated

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Year 7 entry, September 2026 (national offer day data)

Offers made

182

1st preferences

127

All applications

291

1st prefs per place

0.70

Fewer first choices than places

127 of 127 first-preference applicants were offered a place (100%).

Earlier years include data recorded for this school's predecessor.

Catchment area

We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.

Last distance offered

Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.

How places are allocated: you apply through your home council. When a school has more applicants than places, it applies its published oversubscription criteria in order. These usually start with looked-after children, then siblings, then catchment or distance; faith schools may prioritise church attendance. Children with an EHC plan naming the school are admitted first. Apply on GOV.UK

Pupils

School census 2024/25

Pupils

1,338

Capacity

1,450

88% full

Girls / boys

55/45

Mixed

Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)33%
English as an additional language11.6%
SEN support11.1%
Education, Health and Care plan1.4%
The black tick shows the median for state-funded secondary schools in England.