UK Schools
Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead is a mixed secondary academy in Gateshead, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, teaching 1,505 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in May 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 53.2 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead.
- 1 Start of Autumn Term
- 1–2 Inset Days
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 19 End of Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year’s Day (Public Holiday)
- 5 Start of Spring Term
- 23–27 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 2 End of Spring Term
- 3–17 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 20 Start of Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 3 Inset Day
- 17 End of Summer Term
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Start of Autumn Term September 1, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday October 27–31, 2025 Holiday
- End of Autumn Term December 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 – January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Spring Term January 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday February 23–27, 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring Term April 2, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday April 3–17, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Summer Term April 20, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25–29, 2026 Holiday
- End of Summer Term July 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday July 18 – August 31, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Days September 1–2, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day July 3, 2026 Inset Day
- Christmas Day (Public Holiday) December 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Public Holiday) December 26, 2025 Holiday
- New Year’s Day (Public Holiday) January 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Public Holiday) April 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Public Holiday) April 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday August 31, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead with Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 53.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 35.23 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 15.3% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 91% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 93% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.