Welcome
Welcome to Corpus Christi Catholic Primary – a vibrant, welcoming and multicultural school in the heart of Bensham, Gateshead. We are a diverse community, where we appreciate and celebrate each other’s differences. We encourage everyone to be the best they can be by ‘letting their lights shine’ and in response, children grow, achieve and thrive.
We offer a highly ambitious curriculum from Nursery to Year 6. At our recent Ofsted Inspection in November 2023, we were graded ‘Outstanding’ in every single area as well as for overall effectiveness. This means that our school provides the highest quality education and care for all children.
Watch our videos to see our school in action! Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or would like to arrange a visit to our school.
Mrs C Maxwell
Headteacher
Letters
We send out letters and newsletters on a regular basis to keep parents up to date with school decisions and progress.
At Corpus Christi, we keep our parents, carers and families informed about upcoming events and celebrations of our children's successes. We regularly publish a newsletter, which is sent out electronically to all of our parents and is made available on this page. We also use Social media to share the very latest events, learning and religious celebrations that take place within our school.
22nd May
May Newsletter
21st April
Easter newsletter
2nd March
February 2026 Newsletter
5th January
December 2025 Newsletter
21st November
November Newsletter
World Bee day 2026
The children celebrated World Bee day 2026, we began by reading a story about bees and then watched and discussed a video about how bees make honey. The children were fascinated that there was a Queen bee found in each honey bee colony. Lots of our children said they had tasted honey before and shared […]
Published: May 22, 2026
Visit from the librarian
Nursery thoroughly enjoyed a visit from our local librarian called Joanne. She told the children all about her role at Gateshead library, she even told them how their grown ups could sign up to the library for free and borrow some books regularly. This sounded very excited and something the children were really excited about. […]
Published: May 22, 2026
Leading on repeats in Nursery
This half term in Nursery, the children have been building on their previous pattern experiences and developing greater independence in their patterning skills. Through a range of engaging songs, rhymes and hands-on activities, the children had many opportunities to explore and practise creating patterns independently. These experiences helped the children to consolidate repeated rhythms and […]
Published: May 22, 2026
The Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust is an exempt charity. It is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales under company registration number 07890590. The registered office address is Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education HQ, Barmston Court, Turbine Business Park, Nissan Way, Washington, SR5 3NY.