St Paul's CofE Primary School
Victoria Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7JUOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Paul's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle upon Tyne for ages 3 to 11. It is one of the 108 schools in Newcastle upon Tyne. It ranks 73rd of 98 primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in June 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 3 June 2025, report published 8 July 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 3 June 2025
Pupils love attending this happy and caring school, and are at the centre of all that it does. The school is aspirational to broaden pupils' horizons. It uses its city-centre location to expose pupils to museums, libraries and science centres. This helps pupils to extend their knowledge and skills and prepare well for their next steps. The school has high expectations for pupils to achieve well. Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes to learning from a young age. They enjoy working with each other in lessons and are keen to contribute. They love to show adults their work and demonstrate pride in it. Pupils behave well. They appreciate their differences and know that all are welcome at their school. Relationships between staff and pupils are very positive. Pupils feel safe. They know that staff care for them and are there to help them both academically and emotionally. Pupils enjoy being nominated for recognition and hot chocolate with the headteacher to celebrate their achievements. School councillors wear their special school jumpers with pride. Pupils enjoy a range of curriculum enrichment activities, including visitors to school, residential trips and a variety of clubs.
What the school should improve
- In some subjects, the school has not consistently identified ways to adapt the curriculum to enable all pupils to access their learning. This affects how well some pupils access and learn the intended curriculum. The school should ensure that approaches to adapt the curriculum are consistently applied so that pupils gain the important subject knowledge they need.
- Aspects of the personal development programme are not as well established as they could be. This limits how well some pupils contribute more widely to the school and develop skills such as leadership and teamwork. The school should ensure that it further develops pupils' contributions to the wider life of the school.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
29 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
217 pupils on roll, with places for 231
Schools near St Paul's CofE Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady and St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 0.1 miles | Ofsted: Good | 57% met the expected standard |
| Hawthorn Primary School | 0.3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 69% met the expected standard |
| Westgate Hill Primary Academy | 0.4 miles | Report card: Expected standard to exceptional | 54% met the expected standard |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School | 0.5 miles | Report card: Expected standard to strong standard | 73% met the expected standard |
| Moorside Primary School | 0.5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 39% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mr Jason Cochrane
- Phone
- 01912733667
- Address
- Victoria Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7JU
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- URN
- 108502
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.