St Mary's Catholic School is a secondary school located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding, quality of education is good. The school inspection was carried out on 14/05/2009. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Benton Park Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7PE
Website: http://stmarysnewcastle.co.uk/
Telephone: 01912153260
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Newcastle upon Tyne
Headteacher / Principal: Emma Patterson
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 140081

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 14/05/2009

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1150
Number of Pupils: 1446
Number of Boys: 727
Number of Girls: 719

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.28 Confidence interval 0.09 to 0.46
Of the 192 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 184 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:80%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:65%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:54.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:5.1
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Balliol Primary School
Chesters Avenue , Longbenton NE12 8QP
3out of 4 972 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
Benton Park Primary School
Corchester Walk , NE7 7SS
4out of 4 1,003 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
Cragside Primary School
Cragside , High Heaton NE7 7EL
4out of 4 1,082 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Archbishop Runcie CofE First School
Christon Road , Gosforth NE3 1US
3out of 4 1,114 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
South Gosforth First School
Alnmouth Drive , South Gosforth NE3 1YF
3out of 4 1,214 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Catholic School
Benton Park Road , NE7 7PE
4out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Jesmond Park Academy
Jesmond Park West , NE7 7DP
1out of 4 1,618 yd Academy sponsor led - Mixed More About School
Longbenton High School
Hailsham Avenue , Longbenton NE12 8ER
2out of 4 1,945 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Gosforth Academy
Knightsbridge , Great North Road NE3 2JH
4out of 4 2,198 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Great Park Academy
Knightsbridge, Great North Road , Gosforth NE3 2JH
- not rated 2,204 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Middle deemed secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Gosforth Central Middle School
Great North Road , Gosforth NE3 1UN
3out of 4 1,698 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Gosforth East Middle School
Harewood Road , Gosforth NE3 5JT
3out of 4 1,884 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Gosforth Junior High Academy
Regent Avenue , Gosforth NE3 1EE
4out of 4 2,153 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hopespring Newcastle
Chesters Avenue (on corner of Aydon Gardens) , Longbenton NE12 8UZ
- not rated 651 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Benton Dene School
Hailsham Avenue , NE12 8FD
3out of 4 2,103 yd Foundation special school Yes Mixed More About School
Newcastle School for Boys
30 West Avenue , NE3 4ES
- not rated 2,131 yd Other independent school Yes Boys More About School
Percy Hedley Hedleys College
Station Road , Forest Hall NE12 8YY
- not rated 2,156 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Northern Counties School
Tankerville Terrace , Jesmond NE2 3BB
3out of 4 2,519 yd Non-maintained special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.