UK Schools
St Mary's Catholic School
St Mary's Catholic School is a mixed secondary academy in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle City Council, teaching 1,462 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in September 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 58.9 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Mary's Catholic School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Mary's Catholic School.
- 1 Pupils absent (INSET Day 1)
- 2 External Year 12 induction
- 3 Pupils return (Year 7 and Year 12 only in school)
- 4 All Pupils in school
- 24 Open Evening (early finish)
- 25 Pupils absent (INSET Day 2)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 3 All Pupils return
- 28 Pupils Absent (Occasional Day)
- 19 End of Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
- 1–5 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
- 5 Pupils absent (INSET Day 3)
- 6 All Pupils in school
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 23 All Pupils return
- 27 End of Spring Term
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 13 All Pupils in school (Start of Summer Term)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 All Pupils return
- 17 End of Summer Term
- 20–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Pupils absent (INSET Day 1) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- External Year 12 induction Sep 2, 2025 Event
- Pupils return (Year 7 and Year 12 only in school) Sep 3, 2025 Event
- All Pupils in school Sep 4, 2025 Event
- Open Evening (early finish) Sep 24, 2025 Event
- Pupils absent (INSET Day 2) Sep 25, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- All Pupils return Nov 3, 2025 Event
- Pupils Absent (Occasional Day) Nov 28, 2025 Event
- End of Autumn Term Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 5, 2026 Holiday
- Pupils absent (INSET Day 3) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- All Pupils in school Jan 6, 2026 Event
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- All Pupils return Feb 23, 2026 Event
- End of Spring Term Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- All Pupils in school (Start of Summer Term) Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- All Pupils return Jun 1, 2026 Event
- End of Summer Term Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 20 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Mary's Catholic School with Newcastle City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 58.9 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 35.43 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 17.7% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 94% 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 90% 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 St Mary's Catholic School. 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 St Mary's Catholic School 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.