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Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,505Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137852URN

Old Durham Road, Beacon Lough, Gateshead, NE9 6RZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.2per place
1.0 above Gateshead median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Gateshead

827 applications for 257 places · 1st of 8 in Gateshead
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
54.3of 90
1st of 9 in Gateshead
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 14 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.2applications per place, Year 7
1.0 above Gateshead median (2.3) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

827 applications · 257 places offered · 363 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.2; Gateshead median median 2.3
  2. 2025 3.0; Gateshead median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.8; Gateshead median median 2.1
  4. 2023 3.0; Gateshead median median 2.2
  5. 2022 3.2; Gateshead median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.9; Gateshead median median 2.0
  7. 2020 3.3; Gateshead median median 2.1
  8. 2019 3.2; Gateshead median median 2.2
  9. 2018 2.6; Gateshead median median 1.7
  10. 2017 2.5; Gateshead median median 1.7
  11. 2016 2.8; Gateshead median median 1.9
  12. 2015 2.3; Gateshead median median 1.7
  13. 2014 2.0; Gateshead median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Gateshead median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Gateshead median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262578273.23631.41
Sep 20252537583.03611.43
Sep 20242496842.83231.30
Sep 20232497373.03771.51
Sep 20222327373.23791.63
Sep 20212557502.94051.59
Sep 20202518313.34091.63
Sep 20192528083.24181.66
Sep 20182476352.63781.53
Sep 20172375952.53651.54
Sep 20162346452.84331.85
Sep 20152295262.33291.44
Sep 20142204482.02581.17

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

250 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)54.31st of 9 in Gateshead
Grade 5 or above in English and maths61%1st of 9 in Gateshead
Grade 4 or above in English and maths78%
  • This school
  • Gateshead median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.71
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)25054.361%78%–
2024/2524953.255%76%–
2023/2424654.460%85%+0.71
2022/2324056.265%83%+0.60

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137852 · 390/4605
Trust
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,465 pupils · 1,505 on roll
Free school meals
25.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2012
Replaced
Cardinal Hume Catholic School (URN 108412)
Address
Old Durham Road, Beacon Lough, Gateshead, NE9 6RZ
Local authority
Gateshead

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources