St Wilfrid's RC College

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Temple Park Road
 South Shields
 Tyne and Wear NE34 0QA
Telephone: 0191 456 9121

School Type

Phase: Secondary and Sixth Form (ages 11-19)
Type: Converter Academy
Religious Denomination: Roman Catholic
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2016
History: This school arose from St Wilfrid's RC College
Trust: Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust
Sponsor: Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mrs Catherine Lennox (since September 2024)
Previous Headteacher: Francesca Craik
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 90.07 / 10.93
Non-teaching Staff*: 37.88
Number of pupils: 1338
Pupils Per Teacher: 14.9
Sex: Mixed (46% boys / 54% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 31.80% (medium)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 40.3%
Local child deprivation rate: 28.8% (4km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 26.1%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 12.3%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 5.4km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Region: North East
Authority: South Tyneside
Constituency: South Shields
Electoral Ward: West Park
School Number: 3934604

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 8th April 2025 (view record)

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre (0.0km) show on map
  2. Park View School (0.0km) show on map
  3. Ashley Academy (0.0km) show on map
  4. Stanhope Primary School (0.5km) show on map
  5. Mortimer Primary School (0.5km) show on map
  6. Mortimer Community College (0.6km) show on map
  7. SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, So... (0.7km) show on map
  8. Tyne Coast College (1.2km) show on map
  9. Laygate Community School (1.2km) show on map
  10. Ridgeway Primary Academy (1.3km) show on map
  11. Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South... (1.4km) show on map
  12. Harton Academy (1.4km) show on map
  13. St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South S... (1.5km) show on map
  14. St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields (1.6km) show on map
  15. Biddick Hall Junior School (1.7km) show on map
  16. Harton Primary School (1.7km) show on map
  17. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, South Shields (1.8km) show on map
  18. Epinay Business and Enterprise School (1.9km) show on map
  19. Lord Blyton Primary School (1.9km) show on map
  20. Monkton Infants' School (1.9km) show on map
  21. Bamburgh School (2.0km) show on map
  22. Sea View Primary School (2.0km) show on map
  23. Biddick Hall Infants' School (2.1km) show on map
  24. Westoe Crown Primary School (2.1km) show on map
  25. Monkton Academy (2.2km) show on map
  26. Forest View Primary (2.2km) show on map
  27. Marine Park Primary School (2.3km) show on map
  28. Simonside Primary School (2.9km) show on map
  29. Cleadon Church of England Academy (3.0km) show on map
  30. Hadrian Primary School (3.0km) show on map
  31. St Mary's Catholic Primary School (3.1km) show on map
  32. Boldon School (3.4km) show on map
  33. Riverside Primary School (3.4km) show on map
  34. Waterville Primary School (3.4km) show on map
  35. Dunn Street Primary School (3.4km) show on map
  36. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow (3.5km) show on map
  37. Helen Gibson Nursery School (3.5km) show on map
  38. East Boldon Junior School (3.5km) show on map
  39. Clervaux Nursery School (3.6km) show on map
  40. Percy Main Primary School (3.6km) show on map
  41. East Boldon Infants' School (3.7km) show on map
  42. West Boldon Primary School (3.7km) show on map
  43. Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School (3.7km) show on map
  44. St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North ... (3.7km) show on map
  45. Boldon Nursery School (3.7km) show on map
  46. Jarrow School (3.8km) show on map
  47. Hedworth Lane Primary School (3.9km) show on map
  48. Valley View Primary School (4.0km) show on map
  49. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields (4.0km) show on map
  50. Christ Church CofE Primary School (4.0km) show on map
  51. Hedworthfield Primary School (4.0km) show on map
  52. Spring Gardens Primary School (4.1km) show on map
  53. Sir James Knott Memorial Nursery School (4.1km) show on map
  54. Norham High School (4.3km) show on map
  55. Collingwood Primary School (4.3km) show on map
  56. Marsden Primary School (4.3km) show on map
  57. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow (4.4km) show on map
  58. King Edward Primary School (4.5km) show on map
  59. Bede Burn Primary School (4.5km) show on map
  60. Kings Priory School (4.5km) show on map
  61. St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow (4.5km) show on map
  62. Whitburn Village Primary School (4.7km) show on map
  63. St Oswald's CofE Aided Primary School (4.7km) show on map
  64. Fellgate Primary School (4.8km) show on map
  65. Stephenson Memorial Primary School (4.9km) show on map
  66. Groundwork South and North Tyneside (5.0km) show on map
  67. Denbigh Community Primary School (5.0km) show on map
  68. The Sue Hedley Nursery School (5.1km) show on map
  69. Keelman's Way School (5.1km) show on map
  70. Hebburn Lakes Primary School (5.1km) show on map
  71. St James' Catholic Primary School, Hebburn (5.2km) show on map
  72. Whitehouse Primary School (5.2km) show on map
  73. Southlands School (5.3km) show on map
  74. John Spence Community High School (5.3km) show on map
  75. Hebburn Comprehensive School (5.3km) show on map
  76. St John Bosco Catholic Primary School, Town E... (5.3km) show on map
  77. Red House Academy (5.3km) show on map
  78. St Aloysius Catholic Infant School, Hebburn (5.4km) show on map
  79. Silverdale School (5.4km) show on map
  80. Seaburn Dene Primary School (5.4km) show on map
  81. Monkwearmouth Academy (5.4km) show on map
  82. Whitburn Church of England Academy (5.4km) show on map
  83. St Thomas More Catholic High School (5.5km) show on map
  84. Harry Watts Academy (5.5km) show on map
  85. Town End Academy (5.6km) show on map
  86. Marden High School (5.6km) show on map
  87. St Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy (5.6km) show on map
  88. Monkhouse Primary School (5.7km) show on map
  89. St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend (5.7km) show on map
  90. St Peter's Church of England Primary School (5.8km) show on map
  91. Bexhill Academy (5.8km) show on map
  92. Churchill Community College (5.9km) show on map
  93. Willow Wood Community Primary School (5.9km) show on map
  94. English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Sun... (5.9km) show on map
  95. Preston Grange Primary School (5.9km) show on map
  96. Hylton Red House Nursery School (5.9km) show on map
  97. Northern Saints Church of England Academy (5.9km) show on map
  98. Fulwell Infant School Academy (6.0km) show on map
  99. Toner Avenue Primary School (6.0km) show on map
  100. New York Primary School (6.1km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Associated Schools

Same Trust
Same Sponsor
Predecessor Schools†
* Other schools occupying the same site, or related to this one through splits or mergers
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

Similar Schools*

  1. Towers School and Sixth Form Centre, Ashford
  2. Brinsworth Academy, Rotherham
  3. Ursuline College, Westgate-on-Sea
  4. Queen's Park High School, Chester
  5. Leigh Academy Strood, Rochester
  6. Outwood Academy Portland, Worksop
  7. Haileybury Turnford, Waltham Cross
  8. Nicholas Chamberlaine School, Bedworth
  9. Lord Grey Academy, Milton Keynes
  10. The Canterbury Academy
  11. Meadowhead School Academy Trust, Sheffield
  12. Sacred Heart Catholic Academy, Liverpool
  13. Ormiston Victory Academy, Norwich
  14. Bilton School, Rugby
  15. Chichester High School
  16. Trinity Academy, Bristol
  17. Chestnut Grove Academy, London
  18. Altrincham College
  19. The McAuley Catholic High School, Doncaster
  20. Samworth Church Academy, Mansfield
  21. City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy
  22. Thornleigh Salesian College, Bolton
  23. Leeds Jewish Free School
  24. Trinity Academy, Doncaster
  25. The Arnewood School, New Milton
  26. Ken Stimpson Academy, Peterborough
  27. Ralph Thoresby School, Leeds
  28. The King Edmund School, Rochford
  29. Darwen Aldridge Community Academy
  30. Laurus Ryecroft, Manchester
  31. Hall Cross Academy, Doncaster
  32. Paulet High School, Burton-on-Trent
  33. The Brunts Academy, Mansfield
  34. Highfields School, Wolverhampton
  35. North Chadderton School, Oldham
  36. Sir Thomas Wharton Academy, Doncaster
  37. Felixstowe School
  38. Forge Valley School & Sixth Form, Sheffield
  39. Q3 Academy Great Barr, Birmingham
  40. Ormiston Bushfield Academy, Peterborough
  41. Outwood Academy Ripon
  42. Etone College, Nuneaton
  43. Ash Green School, Coventry
  44. Richard Rose Central Academy, Carlisle
  45. Cannock Chase High School
  46. The Manor Academy, Mansfield
  47. The Clarendon Academy, Trowbridge
  48. Rushden Academy
  49. Burnside College, Wallsend
  50. St Peter's School, Huntingdon
  51. King Edward VI High School, Stafford
  52. Welling School
  53. The Maplesden Noakes School, Maidstone
  54. Barnwell School, Stevenage
  55. Windsor High School and Sixth Form, Halesowen
  56. The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College,...
  57. The Parker E-ACT Academy, Daventry
  58. Walton Academy, Grantham
  59. Walton High, Milton Keynes
  60. The Thomas Aveling School, Rochester
  61. King Charles I School, Kidderminster
  62. The Farnley Academy, Leeds
  63. The Radcliffe School, Milton Keynes
  64. Nene Park Academy, Peterborough
  65. Aldridge School - A Science College, Walsall
  66. English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Hartlepool
  67. The Abbey School, Faversham
  68. Fulston Manor School, Sittingbourne
  69. The Highcrest Academy, High Wycombe
  70. St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy, Bedlington
  71. The North School, Ashford
  72. King's Academy Easthampstead Park, Bracknell
  73. Madeley Academy, Telford
  74. Future Academies Watford
  75. Redhill Academy, Nottingham
  76. Holmleigh Park High School, Gloucester
  77. Landau Forte College, Derby
  78. Brompton Academy, Gillingham
  79. Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy, Chester le Street
  80. Nether Stowe School, Lichfield
  81. Ashfield Comprehensive School, Nottingham
  82. Mark Rutherford School, Bedford
  83. Holyrood Academy, Chard
  84. Lees Brook Academy, Derby
  85. St Francis of Assisi Catholic College, Walsall
  86. The Charter School East Dulwich, London
  87. Sir Frederick Gibberd College, Harlow
  88. Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School, Manchester
  89. Bishop Milner Catholic College, Dudley
  90. St Benedict's Catholic High School, Whitehaven
  91. Skegness Grammar School
  92. Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy
  93. Bitterne Park School, Southampton
  94. The Regis School, West Sussex
  95. The King Alfred School an Academy, Highbridge
  96. Three Rivers Academy, Walton-on-Thames
  97. Ormiston Forge Academy, Cradley Heath
  98. The Whitby High School, Ellesmere Port
  99. Christ The King College, Newport
  100. Fearnhill School, Letchworth
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2026 |