St Mary's Catholic School

📍 Benton Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE7 7PE

About this school

St Mary's Catholic School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The school has 1,459 pupils enrolled. It was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 12 September 2023. The Headteacher is Emma Patterson. The school is administered by Newcastle upon Tyne local authority. It belongs to BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST. The school has a Roman Catholic religious character. It opened in 1 September 2013.

School details

Headteacher

Emma Patterson

Trust

BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Local authority

Newcastle upon Tyne

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

URN

140081

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at St Mary's Catholic School are handled by the school or the local authority (Newcastle upon Tyne). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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