UK Schools
St Wilfrid's RC College
St Wilfrid's RC College is a mixed secondary academy in South Shields, South Tyneside Council, teaching 1,271 pupils aged 11 to 19. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in April 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 48.2 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Wilfrid's RC College.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Wilfrid's RC College.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term starts Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Term
- Autumn Term ends Friday 24th October 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Monday 27th October 2025 - Friday 31st October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term resumes Monday 3rd November 2025 Term
- Autumn Term ends Friday 19th December 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Monday 22nd December 2025 - Friday 2nd January 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term starts Monday 5th January 2026 Term
- Spring Term ends Friday 20th February 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Monday 23rd February 2026 - Friday 27th February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term resumes Monday 2nd March 2026 Term
- Spring Term ends Thursday 2nd April 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Monday 6th April 2026 - Friday 17th April 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term starts Monday 20th April 2026 Term
- Summer Term first half ends Friday 22nd May 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday Monday 25th May 2026 - Friday 29th May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term resumes Monday 1st June 2026 Term
- Summer Term ends Friday 17th July 2026 Term
- INSET Day Monday 1st September 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day Friday 24th October 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day Friday 3rd July 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Monday 21st July 2026 - Early September 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Wilfrid's RC College with South Tyneside Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 48.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 32.06 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 28.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 93% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 89% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for St Wilfrid's RC College. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Wilfrid's RC College than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.