Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
Old Durham Road, Beacon Lough, Gateshead, NE9 6RZ
Local ranking1st of 9 secondary schools in Gateshead
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1465
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 53.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 55.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.9%
- Entering EBacc
- 69.1%
- EBacc APS
- 5.0
- Cohort Size
- 249
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 62.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 14.0%
- Employment
- 15.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.2
Avg Points/Entry
37.3
Best 3 A-Levels
101
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 21.1%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 37.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 237
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1496
- Boys
- 772 (52%)
- Girls
- 724 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1465 (102% full)
- SEND
- 9.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.1%
- EAL
- 15.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 7.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 94.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,764/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.6%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.3%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 78.2%
- White Other: 7.2%
- Other: 7.2%
- Asian Indian: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Black Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
78.2%
White British
7.2%
White Other
7.2%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137852
- UKPRN
- 10036181
- Establishment No.
- 4605
- Trust
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST