St Bede’s Catholic Primary School

A primary school in Jarrow is celebrating after a glowing Ofsted report highlighted the way caring staff support children to become more resilient and learn from their mistakes. St Bede’s Catholic Primary School, which is part of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust, was recently visited by Ofsted inspectors who found it a “welcoming, kind, calm and orderly” school with a “true spirit of community”.

A primary school in Jarrow is expanding its award-winning nursery provision from September. The Early Explorers Nursery at St Bede’s Catholic Primary School currently offers 15 hours of childcare provision between 8.50am and 12.00pm, Monday to Friday for 26 children.

St Bede’s Catholic Primary School in Jarrow held an exhibition displaying old photographs, newspaper cuttings and even logbooks from 1914 unearthed as part of the primary’s 110th anniversary. The site originally housed a hospital and once a school, it was divided into separate infants and junior schools.