St Peter's Catholic College, Middlesbrough

In its own words: "Our school strives to promote the spiritual, physical and emotional development of young people within a Catholic community, whilst empowering them to become independent learners within the framework of traditional, current and future technologies’."

From the headteacher's welcome: "St Peter’s has a long and proud tradition of serving the parishes and community of South Bank, Middlesbrough through the provision of academic achievement and caring pastoral support."

The school runs a breakfast club.

Coming up: an open evening on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at St Peter's Catholic College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.5 in Redcar and Cleveland and 47 across England.

29% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Redcar and Cleveland and 47% in England.

That is up from 34.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.46: pupils made below 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 34.2, against 45.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 16 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 172 families put St Peter's Catholic College as their first choice and 263 named it as one of their preferences, for 123 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 52 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Peter's Catholic College are Outwood Academy Normanby (0.6 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 36.5); Outwood Academy Ormesby (1.4 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 36.1); Lift Unity City (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.9); and Outwood Academy Riverside (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.3).

St Peter's Catholic College's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

St Peter's Catholic College is one of 38 schools run by Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 87 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 68% to a further education college and 3% to an apprenticeship.

55.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Black (6%).

The nearest railway station is South Bank Rail Station, about 1120 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bevanlee Road (b), 130 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 375 crimes within a mile of the school, most often shoplifting, violence and sexual offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Redcar and Cleveland (174), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Peter's Catholic College issued 549 suspensions, 95.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 8 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St Peter's Catholic College are South Bank Community Primary School (0.2 miles), St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School (0.4 miles), Lift Caldicotes (0.6 miles) and Grangetown Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.