Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry993 applications · 225 places offered · 414 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2025 4.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2024 4.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2023 4.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2022 4.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2021 3.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2020 4.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2019 3.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2018 3.6; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2017 2.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2016 3.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.9
- 2015 2.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.8
- 2014 2.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.9
- This school
- Newcastle upon Tyne 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 225 | 993 | 4.4 | 414 | 1.84 |
| Sep 2025 | 225 | 995 | 4.4 | 406 | 1.80 |
| Sep 2024 | 231 | 1,048 | 4.5 | 405 | 1.75 |
| Sep 2023 | 226 | 944 | 4.2 | 409 | 1.81 |
| Sep 2022 | 237 | 939 | 4.0 | 401 | 1.69 |
| Sep 2021 | 238 | 935 | 3.9 | 394 | 1.66 |
| Sep 2020 | 239 | 984 | 4.1 | 408 | 1.71 |
| Sep 2019 | 225 | 852 | 3.8 | 427 | 1.90 |
| Sep 2018 | 217 | 776 | 3.6 | 355 | 1.64 |
| Sep 2017 | 222 | 645 | 2.9 | 317 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2016 | 222 | 663 | 3.0 | 303 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2015 | 235 | 624 | 2.7 | 293 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2014 | 195 | 535 | 2.7 | 232 | 1.19 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 225 | 54.1 | 60% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 228 | 58.9 | 69% | 84% | – |
| 2023/24 | 236 | 55.9 | 63% | 82% | +0.56 |
| 2022/23 | 233 | 56.0 | 61% | 79% | +0.47 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Mary's Catholic SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20234.4applications per place 54.1Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20223.0applications per place 53.1Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good2024
- 1.7 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good2023
- 1.8 km · North TynesideGood20222.0applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood2023
- 2.0 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood202255.0Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 31.8Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · North TynesideStandards maintained20251.4applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140081 · 391/4714
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,395 pupils · 1,462 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- St Mary's Catholic Comprehensive School (URN 108534)
- Address
- Benton Park Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7PE
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources