St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton

Primary · state · Roman Catholic · ages 3–11 · 191 pupils · NE9 7LH · BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

GoodOfstedInspected Dec 2024

8%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

1.0Applications per placeFirst choices, Reception 2026

56%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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45.5% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: Quality of education: Good

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths56% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths8% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)63% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 103, maths 102.

How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 21 families put it first for 21 places (1.0 first choices per place). 100% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Reception, 2024	21	20	0.9	100%
Reception, 2025	16	16	1.0	100%
Reception, 2026	21	21	1.0	100%

Money

£7,165spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

76%of spending on staff, 50% on teachers

£260krevenue reserve (19% of a year's income)

£47ksurplus in the year

Income £1.4m, spending £1.3m (September 2024 to August 2025, 185 pupils).

Run by Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, a trust of 47 academies and 14,118 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £4.3m, 3.9% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Scaled scores: 100 is the expected standard and 120 is the top.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.

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Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Reception, 2024

0.9

100%

Reception, 2025

1.0

100%

Reception, 2026

1.0

100%

Money

£7,165spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

76%of spending on staff, 50% on teachers

£260krevenue reserve (19% of a year's income)

£47ksurplus in the year

Income £1.4m, spending £1.3m (September 2024 to August 2025, 185 pupils).

Run by Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, a trust of 47 academies and 14,118 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £4.3m, 3.9% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.