Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor
near Burnopfield, NE16 6NU · Gateshead local authority
Burnopfield’s School Grade B+ better than 71% of towns in England
What stands out about Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor
- Its own letter, B+: Key Stage 2 results better than 69% of England’s primary schools
- 69% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7 points above England’s schools
- 12% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, June 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Outside any built-up area: listed with Burnopfield, the nearest town
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (26 of 26)
- Homes in its postcode sector (NE16 6) sold for a median £165,500; Burnopfield’s is £154,500
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 69%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 69% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Gateshead avg 65%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 106, maths 104 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (16), 2020 (1), 2022 (1), 2023 (3). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Gateshead council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Burnopfield and Gateshead, side by side
2023–2025All 63 graded primaries in Gateshead. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Burnopfield’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Hill Community Primary School | A+ | 8% | 87% |
| St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon | A+ | 8% | 87% |
| St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook | A | 4% | 81% |
| Greenside Primary School | A | 24% | 80% |
| Kibblesworth Academy | A | 16% | 80% |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell | A | 8% | 80% |
| Brighton Avenue Primary School | A | 37% | 78% |
| Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School | A | 4% | 78% |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Harlow Green | A | 28% | 78% |
| Front Street Community Primary School | A | 16% | 77% |
| Fellside Community Primary School | A | 7% | 77% |
| St Philip Neri Catholic Primary School, Dunston | A | 32% | 77% |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead | A− | 18% | 75% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham | A− | 7% | 74% |
| South Street Community Primary School | A− | 52% | 73% |
| St Aidan's Church of England Primary School | A− | 52% | 73% |
| Emmaville Primary School | A− | 9% | 72% |
| Blaydon West Primary School | A− | 24% | 72% |
| Ryton Junior School | A− | 34% | 72% |
| Bill Quay Primary School | B+ | 11% | 70% |
| Crookhill Community Primary School | B+ | 27% | 70% |
| Caedmon Community Primary School | B+ | 40% | 70% |
| Portobello Primary School | B+ | 19% | 69% |
| Kells Lane Primary School | B+ | 3% | 69% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor | B+ | 12% | 69% |
| High Spen Primary School | B+ | 24% | 68% |
| Lobley Hill Primary School | B+ | 29% | 68% |
| Harlow Green Community Primary School | B+ | 30% | 68% |
| Riverside Primary Academy | B+ | 29% | 68% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley | B+ | 26% | 68% |
| Ravensworth Terrace Primary School | B | 23% | 66% |
| Windy Nook Primary School | B | 28% | 66% |
| Falla Park Community Primary School | B | 52% | 65% |
| Roman Road Primary School | B | 45% | 65% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blaydon | B | 15% | 65% |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead | B− | 36% | 64% |
| Wardley Primary School | B− | 41% | 63% |
| St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton | B− | 46% | 63% |
| Carr Hill Community Primary School | B− | 67% | 61% |
| Birtley East Community Primary School | B− | 36% | 61% |
| Dunston Hill Community Primary School | B− | 27% | 61% |
| Brandling Primary School | B− | 51% | 61% |
| Oakfield Junior School | B− | 8% | 61% |
| Chopwell Primary School | C+ | 49% | 60% |
| Washingwell Community Primary School | C+ | 17% | 59% |
| Barley Mow Primary School | C+ | 48% | 59% |
| West Lane Primary School | C+ | 28% | 58% |
| Fell Dyke Community Primary School | C+ | 65% | 58% |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Pelaw | C+ | 20% | 58% |
| Lingey House Primary School | C | 31% | 57% |
| White Mere Community Primary School | C | 26% | 56% |
| Bede Community Primary School | C | 45% | 54% |
| Parkhead Community Primary School | C | 48% | 54% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead | C | 41% | 54% |
| Glynwood Community Primary School | C− | 31% | 53% |
| Kelvin Grove Community Primary School | C− | 50% | 50% |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield | C− | 31% | 49% |
| The Drive Community Primary School | D | 51% | 47% |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Gateshead | D | 35% | 47% |
| Rowlands Gill Community Primary School | D | 15% | 46% |
| Larkspur Community Primary School | D | 68% | 43% |
| Swalwell Primary School | D | 54% | 42% |
| Highfield Community Primary School | D | 51% | 40% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025197 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, June 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns), October 2021.
Living near Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in NE16 6, the school’s postcode sector
Burnopfield property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in NE16 6 sell for a little over Burnopfield’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
1 state schoolLocation
Directions ↗near Burnopfield, NE16 6NU
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor: common questions
Is Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor a good school?
By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 69% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B+), with 69% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, June 2024.
How hard is it to get into Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor?
For September 2026, 26 families put Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor first and all of them were offered a place; 26 places were offered in all.
What is Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2024).
How much do houses cost near Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor?
Homes in its postcode sector, NE16 6, sold for a median £165,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (274 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Burnopfield’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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