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St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 457 pupils Newcastle
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St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Newcastle for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 457 pupils on roll. In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Church Lane
Wolstanton
Newcastle
Staffordshire
ST5 0EF
Phone 01782973722
Reference Number 143352

General Makeup

Number of pupils 457
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.89%
Girls: 50.11%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 7.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 12.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 35 24 59
2 26 30 56
3 20 35 55
4 36 24 60
5 24 36 60
6 35 25 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 76.6%
African 6.6%
Indian 5.5%
White, Other 3.1%
Pakistani 2%
Asian, Other 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
White & Asian 1.1%
Mixed, Other 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Chinese 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 04 Feb 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
04 Feb 2025 School inspection
11 Feb 2020 School inspection
06 Apr 2017 Academy conversion letter
27 Jun 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School
21 Jun 2011 Full inspection:
23 Mar 2011 Monitoring visit
23 Nov 2010 Monitoring visit
29 Jun 2010 Monitoring visit
10 Mar 2010 Monitoring visit
30 Sep 2009 Full inspection:
04 Jul 2007 Full inspection:
11 Jun 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 72%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 2%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 2
Writing 0.8
Maths 2.9

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 43 0
Third Preference 17 0
From another Local Authority 8 5

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School had 406 pupils for 420 places. 14 places (3.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Newcastle 6 Primary” planning area

Staffordshire counted 307 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 288 in 2029–30, down 6%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420420420420
Pupils 418413412401396401413406
Unfilled 0.5%1.7%1.9%4.5%5.7%4.5%1.7%3.3%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.9%2.4%2.0%3.4%3.3%3.3%3.1%
Unauthorised absence 0.6%0.7%0.1%0.6%0.7%0.7%0.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.3%0.3%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.5% of pupils at St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.21.80.50.81.21.2
Permanent exclusions 00010000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School had 24.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.310.910.09.610.610.410.311.111.8
Teachers who left state teaching 10.3%0.0%2.2%10.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 59.1%60.9%–21.7%76.2%60.0%23.8%72.7%–
Sick days per teacher 1.71.7–0.87.22.86.03.1–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.1% of pupils at St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 5 6
No specialist assessment of need 10 0
Moderate learning difficulty 8 0
Social, emotional and mental health 7 1
Specific learning difficulty 8 0
Speech, language and communication needs 4 1
Other difficulty or disability 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Physical disability 0 1
Vision impairment 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School received £6,651 and spent £6,735 for each of its 406 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £188,000 (£464 per pupil).

Across all 56 schools of St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,565 and spending £7,594 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £386,000£374,000£331,000£369,000£313,000£168,000£188,000
per pupil £938£920£835£939£811£410£464
In-year balance £70,000-£26,000-£44,000£114,000-£45,000-£159,000-£34,000
per pupil £171-£64-£111£290-£116-£388-£84

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
St Margaret's CofE (VC) Junior School
Knutton Road, Wolstanton, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 0HU
0.11 miles
Ellison Primary Academy
Ellison Street, Wolstanton, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 0BL
0.32 miles
May Bank Infants' School
Basford Park Road, May Bank, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 0PT
0.35 miles
Oaklands Nursery School
Oaklands Avenue, Newcastle, ST5 0EX
0.56 miles
Merryfields School
Hoon Avenue, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 9NY
0.57 miles
Hempstalls Primary School
Collard Avenue, Cross Heath, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 9LH
0.68 miles
Etruscan Primary School
DUNDEE ROAD, ETRURIA, STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST1 4BS
0.93 miles
Phoenix Independent School
Unit C, Metro Business Park, Clough Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 4AF
1.09 miles
St Peter's Catholic Academy
Waterloo Road, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 3HL
1.13 miles
Sun Academy Bradwell
Cauldon Avenue, Bradwell, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 8JN
1.23 miles
Harpfield Primary Academy
Palmers Green, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 6AP
1.26 miles
Forest Park Primary School
Woodall Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 5ED
1.3 miles
Bursley Academy
Bursley Way, Bradwell, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 8JQ
1.31 miles
Hassell Primary School
Barracks Road, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 1LF
1.32 miles
Saint Nathaniel's Academy
Westport Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 4JG
1.35 miles
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School
North Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 7DG
1.37 miles
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Silverdale Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TA
1.39 miles
Churchfields Primary School
School Street, Chesterton, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 7HY
1.43 miles
Emerge School
Elgin Chambers, 22-24 Cemetery Road, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2DL
1.44 miles
St Mark's CofE Primary School
Wood Terrace, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 4LR
1.46 miles
Name Distance
The Orme Academy
Milehouse Lane, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 9JU
0.4 miles
Kaleidoscope School
Porthill Lodge, High Street, Wolstanton, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, ST5 0EZ
0.64 miles
Lyme Brook Independent School
90 King Street, Newcastle Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 1JB
0.99 miles
Demetae Academy
17a King Street, Newcastle under Lyme, ST5 1JF
1.01 miles
St John Fisher Catholic College
Ashfields New Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2SJ
1.24 miles
Newcastle-under-Lyme School
Mount Pleasant, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1DB
1.25 miles
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group
Knutton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2GB
1.35 miles
Snowhill School
50-58 Snowhill, Shelton, Stoke On Trent, ST1 4LY
1.43 miles
North Road Academy
North Road, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 2BP
1.44 miles
Alpha Learning Staffordshire
Hobson Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 2AW
1.49 miles
Edison Pace School
Wellesley Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 4NF
1.53 miles
The Registry
Unit E, Metro Business Park, Clough Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4AF
1.57 miles
Stoke-on-Trent College
Cauldon Campus, Stoke Road, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2DG
1.59 miles
Blackfriars Academy
Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TF
1.59 miles
Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent
WESTPORT ROAD, TUNSTALL, STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST6 4LD
1.59 miles
Chesterton Community Sports College
Castle Street, Chesterton, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 7LP
1.79 miles
The Nest
Brownhills Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 4JU
1.82 miles
Excellence Girls Academy
Crowther Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2ER
1.86 miles
Coppice Academy
Abbots Way, Westlands, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 2EY
1.88 miles
Edgewood Academy
Unit 6, Westmill Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3EL
2.01 miles

All schools in Newcastle · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School is part of St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 64 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School have?

St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School has 457 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School cover?

St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School?

St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School is at Church Lane, Wolstanton, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 0EF.

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