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Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 228 pupils Newcastle
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Our Lady and St Werburgh'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 228 pupils on roll. In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Attendance is among the best for primary schools in England, with 3.2% of sessions missed in 2024/25 compared with 5.2% nationally.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Seabridge Lane
Clayton
Seabridge Lane
Newcastle
Staffordshire
ST5 4AG
Phone 01782973888
Reference Number 145687

General Makeup

Number of pupils 228
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.37%
Girls: 52.63%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 5.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 12.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 13 30
2 14 15 29
3 10 21 31
4 15 15 30
5 11 17 28
6 16 13 29

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 78.9%
Indian 7%
White, Other 2.6%
Asian, Other 2.2%
White & Asian 1.8%
White & Black (African) 1.3%
Pakistani 1.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Chinese 0.4%
African 0.4%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 14 Sep 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
14 Sep 2022 School inspection
05 Apr 2018 Academy conversion letter
19 Mar 2014 Full inspection:
Previously as Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
26 Sep 2008 Curriculum and development visit
17 Oct 2006 Full inspection:
14 Jan 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 69%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 19%

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 109
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 3.9
Writing 1.9
Maths 3.8

How many students meet the standards

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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.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 18 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 4 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School had 214 pupils for 210 places. That is 4 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Newcastle 7 Primary” planning area

Staffordshire counted 147 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 119 in 2029–30, down 19%.

2018201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210210
Pupils 210210210210212210214
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.0%1.7%4.6%3.3%3.4%2.8%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%0.1%0.5%0.5%0.4%0.4%
Severely absent pupils 0.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%

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, 0.0% of pupils at Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.50.90.0
Permanent exclusions 0000000

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 Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 18.212.312.413.613.113.813.312.2
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%4.5%18.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 41.7%–16.7%81.8%54.5%58.3%61.5%–
Sick days per teacher 6.9–0.56.110.03.62.0–

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, 4.8% of pupils at Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 3 3
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Speech, language and communication needs 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 Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School received £6,115 and spent £5,884 for each of its 239 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £363,000 (-£1,519 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 £9,000£61,000£45,000£91,000£100,000-£434,000-£363,000
per pupil £41£292£214£429£470-£1,896-£1,519
In-year balance £5,000£44,000-£12,000£85,000£9,000-£544,000£55,000
per pupil £25£207-£55£401£44-£2,374£232

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
Langdale Primary School
Langdale Road, Clayton, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 3QE
0.43 miles
Seabridge Primary School
Roe Lane, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3PJ
0.5 miles
St John's CofE (A) Primary School
Wheatly Avenue, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 6SB
0.95 miles
Co-op Academy Friarswood
Abbots Way, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 2ES
0.97 miles
Westlands Primary School
Ostend Place, Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2QY
1.13 miles
The Avenue
Rookery Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5RF
1.17 miles
St Teresa's Catholic (A) Primary School
Stone Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 6SP
1.19 miles
Oakhill Primary School
Rookery Lane, Oakhill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5NS
1.2 miles
St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy
St Paul's Road Off Orme Road, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 2NB
1.36 miles
Hassell Primary School
Barracks Road, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 1LF
1.42 miles
Harpfield Primary Academy
Palmers Green, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 6AP
1.51 miles
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Silverdale Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TA
1.58 miles
The Willows Primary School
Greatbatch Avenue, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 7JY
1.6 miles
Priory CofE Academy
Jubilee Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 8EF
1.64 miles
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School
North Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 7DG
1.89 miles
Stoke Minster CofE Primary Academy
Boothen Old Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 4EE
1.91 miles
Knutton St Marys CofE Academy
Church Lane, Knutton, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 6EB
2.13 miles
Silverdale Primary Academy
Racecourse, Silverdale, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 6PB
2.25 miles
Hempstalls Primary School
Collard Avenue, Cross Heath, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 9LH
2.27 miles
May Bank Infants' School
Basford Park Road, May Bank, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 0PT
2.37 miles
Name Distance
Clayton Hall Academy
Clayton Lane, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3DN
0.33 miles
Coppice Academy
Abbots Way, Westlands, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 2EY
0.86 miles
St Joseph's College
London Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5NT
1.16 miles
Thistley Hough Academy
Thistley Hough, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5JJ
1.22 miles
Newcastle Academy
Gallowstree Lane, The Westlands, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2QS
1.25 miles
Blackfriars Academy
Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TF
1.28 miles
Newcastle-under-Lyme School
Mount Pleasant, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1DB
1.47 miles
Demetae Academy
17a King Street, Newcastle under Lyme, ST5 1JF
1.71 miles
Lyme Brook Independent School
90 King Street, Newcastle Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 1JB
1.73 miles
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group
Knutton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2GB
1.8 miles
St John Fisher Catholic College
Ashfields New Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2SJ
1.84 miles
Trentham Academy
Allerton Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 8PQ
1.84 miles
City of Stoke-On-Trent Sixth Form College
Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2RU
2.31 miles
The Registry
Unit E, Metro Business Park, Clough Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4AF
2.43 miles
Stoke-on-Trent College
Cauldon Campus, Stoke Road, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2DG
2.47 miles
Excellence Girls Academy
Crowther Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2ER
2.48 miles
Snowhill School
50-58 Snowhill, Shelton, Stoke On Trent, ST1 4LY
2.55 miles
The Orme Academy
Milehouse Lane, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 9JU
2.57 miles
Glebedale School
Grove Road, Heron Cross, Longton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 3AY
2.59 miles
Edison Pace School
Wellesley Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 4NF
2.6 miles

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

Our Lady and St Werburgh'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 Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School have?

Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School has 228 pupils on roll.

What age range does Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School cover?

Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School?

Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School is at Seabridge Lane, Clayton, Seabridge Lane, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 4AG.

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