Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead, Gateshead

From the headteacher's welcome: "Please read the Guidance for Completing Registration which explains the entry requirements and subject blocking details. Please click on the link below to register for Cardinal Hume Sixth Form. Registration form We are incredibly proud of our Sixth Form and the superb quality of education we provide to students in Gateshead and beyond."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2026, pupils at Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.3 in Gateshead and 47 across England.

61% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 50% in Gateshead and 47% in England.

That is up from 53.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.71: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 37, against 58.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 21.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 363 families put Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead as their first choice and 827 named it as one of their preferences, for 257 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 111 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead are XP Gateshead (0.7 miles, Attainment 8 48.4); Heworth Grange School (1.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 37.9); Grace College (1.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 40.1); and St Joseph's Catholic Academy (2.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.2).

Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead is one of 47 schools run by Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.3 in 2024/25.

Of the 246 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 41% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 138 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 70% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 13% into work. 27% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 138 pupils (9.2%) received SEN support and 25 (1.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Felling (Tyne and Wear Metro Station), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Harebell Road (ne-bound), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 270 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Gateshead (176), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead issued 140 suspensions, 9.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 7 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead are Larkspur Community Primary School (0.1 miles); Windy Nook Primary School (0.5 miles); St Oswald's Catholic Primary, Wrekenton (0.5 miles); and Fell Dyke Community Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.