St Michael's Catholic Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Billingham, TS23 3DX
- Distance
- 2.6km away
Northfield School and Sports College
Thames Road, Billingham, TS22 5EG
Local ranking7th of 13 secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1650
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 15 February 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 298
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1541
- Boys
- 788 (52%)
- Girls
- 734 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1650 (92% full)
- SEND
- 15.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.2%
- EAL
- 1.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 12.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 82.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,391/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 96.2%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
- White Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
96.2%
White British
0.6%
Mixed Other
0.6%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Thames Road
Billingham, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 111731
- UKPRN
- 10016372
- Establishment No.
- 4102
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