St Aloysius Catholic Infant School, Hebburn, Hebburn
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school creates a welcoming, happy environment where children genuinely enjoy learning and playing together. Teachers set high expectations and support every child to achieve exceptionally well through an ambitious curriculum. The school is particularly strong at developing children into caring, considerate citizens who understand the wider world.
Key Strengths
- Ambitious curriculum that is carefully sequenced, with strong staff subject knowledge ensuring effective implementation
- Pupils have exemplary attitudes to learning and are caring, considerate role models to each other
- Skilled teaching of phonics with consistent language and strategies that help pupils become eager readers
- High-quality support for pupils with special educational needs, with careful monitoring and appropriate adaptations
- Exceptional work developing pupils into caring citizens through assemblies, clubs, school events and pupil leadership roles
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with pupils understanding how to keep themselves safe in their local area and online through ongoing safety education.
Extracurricular Activities
Secret garden outdoor learning, photography club, British Sign Language club, breakfast club, wraparound care club
St Aloysius Catholic Infant School has maintained the outstanding standards from its previous inspection. Pupils show exceptional attitudes to learning and the school provides an ambitious, carefully sequenced curriculum where children achieve highly.
At a Glance
8.2%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
58 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Class Sizes
29.8
Avg class size
29.8
Infant (KS1)
4
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
127%
Over capacity
228 pupils
180 capacity
48 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Hebburn
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Hebburn
Admissions Demand - South Tyneside
Places available
1,882
Applications
1,486
Got 1st preference
92.7%
Got preferred school
97.3%
Primary admissions across South Tyneside (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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Teachers & Staff
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.82039%
Overall absence
7.5%
Persistent absence
120
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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