St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, DunstonSt Aidan's Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Gateshead.

Summary of the comparison

St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston and St Aidan's Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Gateshead.

  • St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Aidan's Church of England Primary School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average). Our score is the same for each of them on the data available.

  • St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston was judged Good and St Aidan's Church of England Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 68.0% for St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston and 81.0% for St Aidan's Church of England Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston (75.0% in 2022-23, 68.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston versus St Aidan's Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure GatesheadSt Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, DunstonGatesheadSt Aidan's Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC67/100C67/100
Local ranking19th of 66 in Gateshead Stronger figure57th of 66 in Gateshead
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll151 225
Capacity210 208
LocationGateshead, NE8 2QU Gateshead, NE8 2HQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard68.0% 81.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard9.0% Stronger figure8.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 107.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure105.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census151 225
Free school meals (ever 6)29.1% 45.8%
English as an additional language29.1% 21.8%
SEN support25.2% 14.7%
SEN with an EHC plan4.0% 0.9%
Attendance
Overall absence4.4% 4.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence13.3% 7.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Full profiles: St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston · St Aidan's Church of England Primary School