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St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell

Gateshead, NE9 5TUPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Feb 2025
KS2 Results
80%
meeting expected standard in RWM
First choices / offers
1.2×
More first choices than offers made
36 1st-choice / 30 offers made
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#2460 of 13,686 nationally

About St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell

St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell is a state-funded primary school in Gateshead, North East, for pupils aged 4 to 11 for boys and girls. DfE data records 213 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 210.

The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Good (5 Feb 2025). 80% met the expected KS2 standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25. admissions data records 36 first-preference applications and 30 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.

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Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterRoman Catholic
AddressDryden Road, Low Fell, St Peters Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Gateshead, Gateshead, NE9 5TU
HeadteacherMrs Paula McArthur
Local AuthorityGateshead
Number of Pupils213
Free School Meals (FSM)8.0%
School Capacity213 / 210 (101% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

5 Feb 2025
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Outstanding
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Latest monitoring visit (5 Feb 2025): Standards maintained

Source: Ofsted, 16 Mar 2020. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Published SEND Data

AutismMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingVisionLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education. Confirm current provision with the school's SENCO.

School day

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Teaching hours

09:00 – 15:30

Source: stpeterslowfell.bwcet.com. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This is the overall judgement recorded under the inspection framework in use on the inspection date. Read the report and date before comparing it with newer inspections.