St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green

About St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green

St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green, is a state primary in Gateshead that sits comfortably among the top performers in the local authority. In the most recent rankings based on Key Stage 2 results, it placed 6th out of 61 primary schools in Gateshead, putting it in the top 10% of the LA. Its closest competitors in the area include St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Clover Hill Community Primary School, and St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, all of which score slightly higher on the same metric. The school is a Roman Catholic mixed primary for pupils aged 4 to 11, with a relatively small roll of 148 children against a capacity of 210. Headteacher Lisa Stokoe leads a school where just over 30% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, a figure above the national average, and the school was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, receiving 38 applications for 21 places.

Academically, St Anne's performs well above the Gateshead average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 81% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a LA average of 64%. The school's overall score of 81 on this metric places it in the top 10% nationally. In reading, 94% met the expected standard and 25% achieved the higher standard; in maths, 88% met the expected standard and 13% reached the higher level. Average scaled scores were 107 in reading and 104 in maths. The school's most recent graded Ofsted inspection, in 2017, rated it Good overall, with Good marks for leadership, early years provision and behaviour. An ungraded inspection in 2023 confirmed the school remains Good, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2015.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a sensory room, forest school area, chapel, ICT suite and gymnasium. Sports provision covers rounders, swimming, athletics, netball and dance, while clubs include gardening, coding, chess, drama, science and eco club. SEND support is in place for pupils with specific learning difficulties, speech and language needs, social and emotional challenges, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families considering St Anne's, the oversubscription ratio of 1.81 means securing a place is competitive, particularly for Catholic applicants given the religious character. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is St Joseph's Catholic Junior School in Birtley, about 3.2 km away, which may be worth a look for families who want a higher Ofsted grade, though St Anne's strong academic record and Good rating make it a solid local choice.

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