St Mary's Catholic School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 12 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Unique reference
140081
Address
Benton Park Road, NE7 7PE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1442 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
23.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.5%
Persistent absence
21.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.2%
African 8.5%
Other White 8%
Mixed 5.1%
Indian 3.3%
Other Asian 3%
Pakistani 2%
Other 1.9%
Chinese 1.8%
Other Black 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
Irish 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.47
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.4
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 67%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 61%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56
Local authority average 42.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.23
Local authority average 3.79
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award20
Health StudiesTechnical Award47
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
BiologyGCSE40
ChemistryGCSE39
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE229
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Mary's Catholic School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
231
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
405
2nd preference
422
3rd preference
153
From another Local Authority
179
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
227
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
55
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
233
129
104
Year 8
238
121
117
Year 9
232
121
111
Year 10
234
115
119
Year 11
235
118
117
Year 12
140
68
72
Year 13
130
63
67
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
83.5%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
33.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
58.0%
48.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
7.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
85.0%
56.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
44.0%
15.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
42.0%
14.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
7.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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