St Wilfrid's RC College
Temple Park Road, South Shields, NE34 0QA
1,271 pupils · 88% of 1,450 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 34.2%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 April 2025, published 14 May 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 48.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 50% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 74.1% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 30.6% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.7 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 182 | 127 | 291 | 154 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 214 | 166 | 363 | 190 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 212 | 188 | 432 | 212 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 240 | 216 | 455 | 240 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 238 | 213 | 421 | 238 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 248 | 258 | 429 | 248 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 242 | 241 | 466 | 242 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 219 | 247 | 443 | 219 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Mortimer Community College 0.7 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Harton Academy 1.4 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Boldon School 3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Jarrow School 3.8 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Norham High School 4.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Whitburn Church of England Academy 4.8 km · Good (2019) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.