St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

In its own words: "High quality relationships amongst everyone in our community are at the heart of our ethos and explain, more than anything else, why we are such a successful school. Your child will be extremely well cared for at St Mary’s. All staff strive to value and nurture each student as a unique individual, blessed with God-given gifts and talents."

From the headteacher's welcome: "St Mary’s is a wonderful school, first and foremost because of our fantastic students. Our students are lovely young people and we are blessed to have them in our school."

In 2026, pupils at St Mary's Catholic School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.8 in Newcastle upon Tyne and 47 across England.

60% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Newcastle upon Tyne and 47% in England.

That is down from 58.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.56: 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 45.5, against 56.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 414 families put St Mary's Catholic School as their first choice and 993 named it as one of their preferences, for 225 places offered. That is 1.8 first choices for every place. 193 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Mary's Catholic School are Jesmond Park Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53.1); Gosforth Central Middle School (1 mile, Good); Gosforth East Middle School (1.1 miles, Good); and Longbenton High School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8).

St Mary's Catholic School's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

St Mary's Catholic School is one of 39 schools run by Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 50.6 in 2024/25.

Of the 236 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 28% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 133 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 66% went on to university or other higher education, 10% to apprenticeships and 17% into work. 36% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Longbenton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station), about 230 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Marys Catholic School (n-bound), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Mary's Catholic School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 206 crimes within a mile of the school, most often shoplifting, violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Newcastle upon Tyne (318).

In 2024/25, St Mary's Catholic School issued 75 suspensions, 5.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to St Mary's Catholic School are Balliol Primary School (0.6 miles), Benton Park Primary School (0.6 miles), Cragside Primary School (0.6 miles) and Archbishop Runcie CofE First School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.