Secondary
St Mary's Catholic School
Benton Park Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7PE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1462 of 1395 places
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2023
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
69%
58.9
1st of 19 by our score, among the secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne we can score - 24 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 58.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.4 |
| Entered the EBacc | 56% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 69% |
| A level average points per entry | 35.43 |
| A level students | 127 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 72% |
| 22/23 | 61% |
| 23/24 | 63% |
| 24/25 | 69% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.6 |
| 22/23 | 37.4 |
| 23/24 | 39.2 |
| 24/25 | 35.4 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.69 |
| 22/23 | +0.47 |
| 23/24 | +0.56 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 61.1 |
| 22/23 | 56.0 |
| 23/24 | 55.9 |
| 24/25 | 58.9 |
Benton Park Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7PE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Newcastle upon Tyne admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Emma Patterson
- Address
- Benton Park Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7PE
- Telephone
- 01912153260