St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C64
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 2JX
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Byker Primary School
Commercial Road, Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 2AT
Local ranking56th of 72 primary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
494
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 64.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 421
- Boys
- 219 (52%)
- Girls
- 202 (48%)
- Capacity
- 494 (85% full)
- SEND
- 29.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 80.6%
- EAL
- 27.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 26.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,767/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 60.6%
- Black African: 9.8%
- White Other: 6.4%
- Mixed Other: 6.4%
- Black Other: 5.3%
- Other: 5.3%
- Asian Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
60.6%
White British
9.8%
Black African
6.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Commercial Road
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 108458
- UKPRN
- 10069958
- Establishment No.
- 2032
Schools like this
The nearest primary schools to Byker Primary School
Hotspur Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D45
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 5PA
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Welbeck Academy
Ofsted: Strong
Score
D43
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 2QL
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Chillingham Road Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C68
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 5XX
- Distance
- 1.2km away
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Heaton
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C67
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 5HN
- Distance
- 1.3km away
St Vincents Catholic Primary School, Newcastle
Ofsted: Good
Score
C69
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 2TX
- Distance
- 1.4km away